Senior Congress MP Manish Tewari has introduced a private member’s bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to give MPs the power to vote across party lines in Parliament, freeing them from “whip-driven tyranny” and promote “good law-making”.

He argued that party whips reduce lawmakers to “lobotomised numbers” and “dogmatic ciphers”.

End 'whip-driven tyranny'

Currently, elected representatives are legally required to vote as instructed by their party through a formal directive known as a “whip.” Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari has introduced the bill to amend the anti-defection law, aiming to end this compulsion.

It will allow parliamentarians to take an independent line in voting on bills and motions other than those affecting the government's stability.

Tewari described his proposal as an effor

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