Delimitation, Defections And Politics Of Numbers In Indian Politics
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Congress has raised a serious political charge. • It says the BJP is working to engineer defections in opposition parties so that it can eventually secure the two-thirds majority needed for major constitutional changes, including the possible passage of a… • It is a charge that should not be dismissed lightly. • In a democracy, numbers matter, and when numbers begin to look like an instrument for constitutional change, suspicion is bound to follow. • But suspicion is not proof, and political alarm is not the same thing as constitutional debate.
Originally reported by Free Press Journal.