Letter to BS: Are MP voters mature enough to defeat the defectors?

Thanks to loopholes in the anti-defection law, the Supreme Court was forced to make the Speaker accept the resignation of rebel MLAs

This refers to “BJP back in MP; the real battle begins now” (March 23). There is not an iota of doubt that due to the sheer mishandling of the state’s political affairs by an ageing Congress, the outgoing CM Kamal Nath (pictured) has handed the power to “Kamal” (lotus, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s or BJP’s election symbol). The new government would, in all likelihood, be led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. With rebel Congress MLAs crossing over to the BJP and Jyotriaditya Scindia’s big-ticket entry into the saffron camp, the turncoats would get BJP ticket as and when elections happen. Thanks