Is an MLA contesting MP poll on another party’s B-Form not defection? asks Harish Rao

T. Harish Rao, Deputy Floor Leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana Assembly, criticized Rahul Gandhi's leadership for hypocrisy regarding upholding the Constitution. He accused the Congress party of contradicting its own promises to strengthen democratic institutions and uphold the anti-defection framework by allowing a legislator elected on a BRS ticket to contest an election using a Congress B-Form while remaining an MLA of another party. Harish Rao questioned whether this behavior constitutes evidence of defection or if it is simply a political slogan meant to defend the Constitution.