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Prithviraj Chavan, a senior Congress politician, highlighted the necessity of a comprehensive revision to the anti-defection statute on Wednesday, arguing that elected officials are "brazenly" switching sides. The Anti-Defection law (Tenth Schedule) addresses defection by independent, nominated, and political party members in state legislatures or Parliament and establishes the conditions for the member's disqualification.

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The Congress said that the BJP was trying every trick in the book to break the NCP, but the saffron party’s plan would fail if rebel Ajit Pawar fails to arrange enough MLAs to avoid the anti-defection law. “The NCP has 53 MLAs in Maharashtra Assembly. Ajit Pawar needs two third numbers, which is 36 or 37 MLAs to avoid the anti-defection law. According to the information, Sharad Pawar has 19, which means Ajit may not have enough numbers. If he manages less than that 37 number, Sharad Pawar can ask the Speaker or the Election Commission to disqualify the rebels under the anti-defection law. I have learnt that Ajit Pawar and BJP are facing difficulty in getting 37 MLAs. Therefore, the BJP is trying every trick in the book, including money and coercion, to arrange the numbers,” former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told ETV Bharat.

Ruling alliance could be in trouble if BJP plan to break NCP does not come through, says former CM Prithviraj Chavan

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The Constitution Bench of the top court has listed for verdict Thursday the disqualification plea against the legislators who have earlier sided with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ditching former CM Uddhav Thackeray.

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Delivering a lecture on Media's role in New India' at the Press Club here, Naidu noted that there are certain loopholes in the anti-defection law which need to be plugged in order to curb defection of legislators from one party to another

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