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Manish Tewari presses Parliament for Anti-Defection law debate
Congress MP Manish Tewari has submitted 14 adjournment notices during the Monsoon Session, with 13 seeking a debate on reforming the Anti-Defection law, India Today reports. The only exception was a July…
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Congress MP Manish Tewari has submitted 14 adjournment notices during the Monsoon Session, with 13 seeking a debate on reforming the Anti-Defection law, India Today reports. The only exception was a July 28 notice on pellet-gun use against unarmed protesters. Tewari says legislators switching parties betray voters and weaken the 2024 electoral mandate.
The wider Opposition has focused on student protests and alleged police excesses during the session. Leaders of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge have demanded a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah and an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to India Today. Tewari says every MP can pursue issues through adjournment notices and has continued pressing the Speaker for a debate.
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The loudest reading may cast Tewari’s campaign as a distraction from student protests, while another may treat repeated notices as proof that reform is imminent. Neither follows. A debate can examine party switching without weakening scrutiny of alleged police excesses. The useful test is whether the Speaker allows a substantive discussion and whether it produces clear proposals on who decides defection cases and how quickly.
Source: indiatoday.in
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