A bench of the apex court did uphold the decision of the governor to order a floor test after the Congress government lost its majority owing to defection in Madhya Pradesh. The violation of the electoral mandate by ambitious political parties — why is it that it is always the Bharatiya Janata Party that gains from such transgressions? — chipping away at the rank and file of elected leaders of rival dispensations is undoubtedly a blot on democracy’s countenance. The BJP — the party most recently regained Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh in this dubious manner — is unlikely to be an eager participant in the deliberations to chalk out correctives. It is this amorality that makes it easier for political parties to transform democracy into a sordid affair.

Source: The Telegraph April 16, 2020 20:37 UTC