Law must fix six-month deadline for speaker to decide defection cases: ex-LS secy

Former Lok Sabha General Secretary P D T Achary on Sunday said that the anti-defection law should stipulate that assembly speakers take decisions on the membership of defecting MLAs within six months.

His remark came amid the ongoing debate on the efficacy of the anti-defection law following the political developments entailing the government formation in Maharashtra.

An expert in constitutional law, Achary said, Defection will continue to happen as long as there is a political system."