{
  "id": 16591530,
  "title": "Supreme Court notice to Centre, ECI on plea against MLAs ‘abandoning’ seats to shift loyalty at public expense",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/supreme-court-notice-to-centre-eci-on-plea-against-mlas-abandoning",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T10:41:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-notice-to-centre-ec-on-plea-against-mlas-abandoning-seats-to-shift-loyalty-at-public-expense/article71626367.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "‘When a Member abandons that vote within weeks, not for any compelling cause but to change sides, he does not merely leave a seat. He breaks the trust on which representative democracy rests’",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}