{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/686e29c1e52066772f7462df/69f8276b8beeba531022f955?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Anti-defection law or escape route? The Raghav Chadha case explained","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/686e29c1e52066772f7462df/1777870513044-4f43eb26-8fd3-41ab-97a2-73df43b754bd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Seven MPs leave the Aam Aadmi Party. The BJP moves closer to a majority in the Rajya Sabha. And a law meant to stop defections appears to have enabled one.</p><p><br></p><p>When Raghav Chadha and six other MPs switched sides, the Rajya Sabha Chairman accepted it as a “merger” under the anti-defection law. But was it really a merger — or a coordinated defection?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna breaks down what the Tenth Schedule actually says, how the two-thirds rule works, and why legal experts are divided. Does this case expose a loophole in the law? And is the anti-defection law still serving its purpose?</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry .com"}