ThePrintPod: Raghav Chadha-led AAP MPs’ move to BJP reignites debate over ‘merger’ exception to anti-defection law

ThePrintPod: Raghav Chadha-led AAP MPs’ move to BJP reignites debate over ‘merger’ exception to anti-defection law

April 28, 2026 · 7 min · Episode 9370

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The episode discusses the implications of AAP MPs moving to BJP and the debate surrounding the merger exception in the anti-defection law.

The 52nd Amendment (anti-defection law) had specific exceptions: ‘splits’ where 1/3rd of existing party left to form new one; and ‘mergers’ where 2/3rd of existing party joined another.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/raghav-chadha-led-aap-mps-move-to-bjp-reignites-debate-over-merger-exception-to-anti-defection-law/2915914/

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