Anti-defection law or escape route? The Raghav Chadha case explained

Seven MPs switch sides.

A party collapses in the Rajya Sabha overnight.

And a law meant to stop defections appears to have enabled one.

So what really happened when Raghav Chadha and six other MPs walked out of the Aam Aadmi Party and aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party? 

And was the Rajya Sabha Chairman right to accept it?

Let me explain.

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