The anti-defection law has largely prevented political horse-trading, but it has stifled inner-party dissent and turned MPs into voting machines. Discuss.

Exact Syllabus Pointer

Structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges, decline of legislature, parliamentary committees, anti-defection law.

Connected Questions Across All Papers

Discovered through overlapping concepts: Tenth Schedule Critiques, Stifling Dissent, Whip Enforcement

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