Anti-defection law was passed by parliament in 1985.The main intent of the law was to deter “the evil of political defections” by legislators motivated by lure of office or other similar considerations but it has not ye accomplished to do so.

After the 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election results there have been a lot of defections for example:

1. The Telugu Desam Party’s MP from Telangana, Malla Redy, joined KCR’s party on June 1.

2. The YSR Congress has lost three of its legislators as well as an MP to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

3.In February TDP MLA Rajender Reddy,officially joined the ruling party of Telangana. TRS party's 15 MLAs which had won the seats have now come down to three by defecting.

These shifts in the assembly should have invited action under the anti-defection law, which requires rebel MLAs to be disqualified unless two-thirds of a party’s legislators quit to join another political formation.

If only a handful of legislators switch sides, they have to resign from the assembly and by-elections have to be held in their constituencies.

However, the Speaker has turned a blind eye to the defections. For instance, T Srinivas Yadav of the Telugu Desam Party, who in December 2014 was among the first MLAs to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, was made a minister in KCR's cabinet, even while he was recognised as a Telugu Desam Party MLA in the assembly records. With a clear majority of the Telugu Desam Party’s legislators now joining the Telengana Rashtra Samithi its time for the speaker of the legislative assembly to take rightful action and disqualify such members upholding the rule of law.