Political leaders switch parties before the upcoming general elections, mostly over skirmishes concerning a party ticket. Every leader wants to get a high position, does not matter which party it is. They just think about their welfare not that of the country. A political party will not survive if it doesn’t have any policies and values. It can take birth but will not be able to sustain.
The Congress has lost the highest number of its electoral candidates from past seven years with the BJP emerging the biggest gainer.
The "most plausible" reasons behind such defections and switching of parties include absence of value-based politics, lust for money and power, strong nexus between money and muscle, reward for office, and dearth of efficient, honest and credible leaders.
Until and unless these trends are not reined in, our current electoral and political situation is bound to deteriorate further. There should be a comprehensive law to regulate political parties affairs.
