Amendment to the Constitution of the anti-defection Act:

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Answer:

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

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Consider the following statements regarding the criticism of the amendment procedure.

The amendment procedure is criticized for being too similar to the ordinary legislative process, except for the special majority requirement.
The Constitution provides detailed guidelines on the time frame for state legislatures to ratify amendments.
The power to amend the Constitution lies exclusively with the Parliament, with no role for a special body like a Constitutional Convention.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?