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Political Crisis in Maharashtra: The Supreme Court's Call for Strengthening Anti-Defection Law Remains Relevant
By - Kshitij Srivastava
Certain comments made by the Supreme Court regarding the rising practise of poaching lawmakers and organising rebellion to topple elected governments take importance in light of the political turmoil that is currently engulfing Maharashtra.
The Court's remarks came in the cases related to Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, which witnessed scenes of a group of MLAs within the ruling coalition announcing a sudden rebellion, followed by the rebel MLAs remaining incommunicado and confining themselves in locations (often resorts) in other states and the government collapsing after falling short of required numbers. Similar events are playing in Maharashtra as well, with the rebel leader Eknath Shinde and his supporters remaining untraceable before being located in Gujarat. The rebel MLAs were flown to Assam in the early hours of morning.