Provided for disqualification of members of Parliament and state legislatures on the ground of defection and added a new Tenth Schedule containing the details in this regard.
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To stop defection and the politics of ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’. It is popularly known as Anti- Defection Law.
Ninety-First Amendment Act, 2003
The provision of the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) pertaining to exemption from disqualification in case of split by one-third members of legislature party was deleted. It means that the defectors have no more protection on grounds of splits.
Fifty-Second Amendment Act, 1985
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Ninety-First Amendment Act, 2003