Laxman Rekha for free speech , dissent and defection?
Laxman Rekha for free speech , dissent and defection? Merger of the break away group of TMC into NCPI has raised number of legal, constitutional, statutory as well as questions of political morality. One school of thought says, what constitution allows: can that be questioned on the issues of political morality? Answer lies in the simple reply that in politics choice is not between good and bad. Choice is to be made on the measure of what is lesser evil. Also, an important aspect in this debate is the positioning of accountability in democracy . Legally there is distinction between original political party and legislature party to the effect that constitutional scheme of the 10th schedule inserted by Constitution (52nd Amendment) Act, 1985 explicitly recognizes separate identity and existence for original political under party para 1(b) and legislature party under para 1 (c). The debate on fre...