It is obnoxious that power intoxicated and cash rich BJP is pouring crores to marginalize the political opposition even in the States ruled by them. Their now botched attempt to frantically split the 11 member Congress MLAs was not in consonance with our Parliamentary democracy.
The Anti- Defection law which came into force in 1985 was a step towards stemming the endemic of political defections by legislators who are motivated by the lure of power and monetary gains.
Goa has become a laboratory for every possible political experiment showing the nation the ways and means to circumvent the Anti-Defection law, with political prostitution and party turncoats seen at its very hilt. The law needs to be further reinforced to plug the prevailing loopholes in order to deter the evil of MPs and MLAs from merrily hopping across parties. Prostitution is said to be the world’s oldest profession where the worker relinquishes control in exchange for money. But in Goa, the BJP have taken it to new heights putting party and personal gain above the rights and aspirations of the people and the country.
