Congress leader and Senior Supreme Court Advocate @DrAMSinghvi very strong words on TMC political turmoil "I am not one of those who think that there is no dissatisfaction, anger in those who have left the TMC. I am also not one of those who think that the BJP alone is the reason for them to leave. But let me make a few points crystal clear... ▪️Never before in the 75-80 years of Indian history has any party misused agencies, that includes past BJP Govts and non-Congress Govts, to even 1/10th the extent which this Govt has done. ▪️Secondly, in the last 75-80 years of Indian political history, no party has aggregated and misused as many monetary resources as this ruling party. ▪️Third, there is no doubt in my mind that there are categories of people. You cannot equate a Suvendu Adhikari with the others who have left. Suvendu Adhikari may have had serious differences but he had the guts to leave the party years ago. He fought on the ground, he carried a campaign, he won the elections, he became the CM. That is the democractic way of doing. You may not agree with him but you cannot criticise him for this. There is a second category of a very small number where people have left after 5th May 2026. But they have at least had the moral courage to resign their seats. The third category is the largest, they are not prepared to leave the office, they are not prepared to leave their greediness, they are not prepared to leave anything of the TMC which got them where they are. So, what kind of category is this? This is nothing but immoral. ▪️Fourthly, there is a huge complete, ridiculous conceptual distortion that anywhere any legislature party - if so called 2/3rd walk out and form a group then the anti-defection law doesn't apply. This is the most ridiculously wrong interpretation and is based on complete ignorance or deliberate non-understanding of the existing law which has been decided by the Supreme Court. ▪️Fifthly, pick up and read the Shiv Sena judgment of 2022. There is no concept of a 2/3rds simplicitor in the legislator party which will prevent the application of the 'dal badal' anti-defection law. They will be subject to disqualification. However, in this country, the process is the punishment. Everybody knows the law but I, as an existing TMC and Mamata Banerjee, will file a complaint against you that you have left. That complaint will go to the Speakers of the Assembly and Lok Sabha. Is it possible to contemplate that those Speakers who belong to the ruling party will allow my complaint? They will reject and those people will be recognised. I will go to court and the court will take 3-4 years. ▪️Lastly, I have been advocating for many years that you must repeal all this farce of the 10th Schedule. You must have a 2-line 10th Schedule which says that anybody who is elected on symbol x and party y and who does directly or indirectly any other anti-party activity and joins/support any other party must resign the post he holds and refight the elections..."