Which of the following statements you agree with the most? Give your reasons. A. Legislators must be free to join any party they want. B. Anti-defection law has contributed to the domination of the party leaders over the legislators. C. Defection is always for selfish purposes and therefore, a legislator who wants to join another party must be disqualified from being a minister for the next two years.

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A. Legislator should not be free to join any party they want as it would lead to promotion of corrupt practices at the time of confidence motion.

B. It is wrong to say that Anti- defection law has contributed to the domination of the party leaders over the legislators. Because the leader can process anti defection only when he has support from the other members of the party.

C. Defection is not always for selfish, sometimes differences in ideology leads to defection. So, legislator who joins another party should contest from their constituency to get re-elected as a minister.