Two editorials in two different papers on the same day are pointing at the same wound. The Hindu carries a piece by Prabal Basu Roy arguing that the recent break-ups inside the Trinamool Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT) are not just political events — they are moments where the voter’s mandate quietly gets stolen.
The Indian Express carries a piece by Desh Deepak Verma, former Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, saying the Anti-Defection Law itself has become part of the problem. Together they push one conclusion — the 1985 law meant to stop defections is now being used to organise bigger ones — and Verma proposes a fix: anyone who resigns from their party should automatically lose their seat and face the voter again.
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