@Article { Title = {Sabotage of Anti-defection Law in Telangana}, Author = {K Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy}, Journal = {Economic and Political Weekly}, Year = { 2015}, Month = {12}, Number = { Issue No. 50}, Volume = {Vol. 50}, Abstract = {Exploiting a loophole in India's constitutional anti-defection provisions, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Telangana, has been serving as minister in the state cabinet for more than six months without having to be re-elected. Narrating how things came to such a pass, this article revisits the need to amend the members' disqualification procedure and rules. }, Publisher = {Economic and Political Weekly}, Type = {Journal} }