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TopicDefections

Topic: defections

Why senior Haryana Congress leaders are abandoning ship ahead of municipal elections

Leaders like Ram Niwas Rara, Tarlochan Singh and Bishan Lal Saini are among those who have joined BJP. More than 30 local-level party leaders have also quit the party & joined BJP.

Abhishek Singhvi wants to ‘abolish’ speakers’ power to judge defection. ‘They’re not neutral’

Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi is a 'victim of defection'. But he wants to scrap the anti-defection law.

5 of 9 MPs, MLA, ex-legislators — BRS in throes of defection crisis ahead of LS polls

Most MPs & lone MLA who quit BRS will contest LS polls as Congress & BJP candidates. Analysts say BRS is yet to recover from loss in Telangana state elections in November last year.

Six MLAs resign in three months — how an already weak Opposition is crumbling in Gujarat

Congress has suffered biggest setback, having lost four of its 17 MLAs, while AAP has lost one. Some of the defectors have joined the ruling BJP while others plan to do so.

BJP is the defector’s first choice. Data shows 211 lawmakers have joined the party since 2014

The Congress has lost 177 lawmakers since 2014 — the highest of any party, data show. By comparison, only 60 have left the BJP during this period.

‘AAP has no future in Uttarakhand’: Kejriwal party’s state chief joins BJP after 2022 CM nominee

AAP Uttarakhand chief Deepak Bali joined BJP Tuesday. Kejriwal’s 'silence on Hanuman idol being broken and Hindu woman's murder by fanatics in Pakistan' among reasons for quitting AAP.

Defections are a threat beyond election results today. Here are five ways we can fix it

With Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur election results being declared, even the slightest change can rock the boat beyond salvation.

BJP raises the stakes for defectors, but the payback has started hurting

As more MLAs from TMC and other parties join BJP West Bengal, it looks poised to make the biggest-ever haul of pre-election defectors in one state.

Do Modi-Shah risk losing another state by undermining B.S. Yediyurappa in Karnataka?

Since July, Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa has not been able to meet PM Modi & Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss cabinet expansion, indicating a rocky relationship between them.

Will Amit Shah’s open door policy lead to ‘Congressisation’ of the BJP?

Home Minister Amit Shah took a dig at the opposition in Maharashtra Monday saying that "if the BJP opens its door completely, except Sharad Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan, no one will remain in their respective parties".

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.