Senior Editor, Constitutional Affairs
Meera has covered Indian legislative procedure for over a decade, translating the machinery of Parliament and the state assemblies into plain language for general readers.
Expertise: Indian Constitution · Legislative procedure · Anti-defection law · Electoral law
Vote share is not seat share. This explainer shows why first-past-the-post rewards efficient concentration, why uniform swing is a myth, and what number to watch instead.
A complete, plain-language guide to India's anti-defection law: what it does, the two-thirds merger exception, the Speaker's role, and why every defection story is secretly a counting story.
