Indian Regional Parties Face Crisis as Lawmakers Defect to Unknown Parties

Politics across the country is hotting up to its seventh sky these days. From Maharashtra, West Bengal to Delhi, there is a stir in the opposition camp that has revived an old debate of Indian democracy whether only MPs or MLAs are enough for'merger '. On the other hand, due to this rebellious attitude of MPs and MLAs, whether it is Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC), Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) or Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the ground seems to be slipping under the feet of all these regional parties. If you try to understand the whole matter from the beginning, the political equations that are currently being formed are enough to blow anyone's mind. Consider this: After the Bengal election results, 20 of TMC's 28 Lok Sabha MPs have announced a merger with an anonymous party'Nationalist Citizens Party of India'( NCPI). On the other hand, 6 MPs of Shiv Sena have joined hands with Uddhav Thackeray's party in Delhi.