Question

Amendment to the Constitution of the anti-defection Act:

• A. 50
• B. 51
• C. 52
• D. 44

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 52

• In any democracy, it is common to witness defection by legislators. This type of defection can seriously undermine the stability of the ruling government.
• The anti-defection law in India has been made to punish individual Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)/Members of Parliament (MPs) for leaving one party to join another.
• This law was added to the Indian Constitution in the Tenth Schedule in 1985