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  • Dec 08, 2023
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BJP issues whip to all its MPs of Lok Sabha

News

  • All of the BJP’s Lok Sabha MPs have been given a line whip to ensure they are in the House on Friday, December 8, 2023.
  • In order to support the government’s stance and to discuss some very important legislative business, the party has issued the whip.

About Whip

  • A political party official designated as a whip is responsible for maintaining party discipline in the legislature.
  • The party’s “enforcers” are whips.
  • The whip makes sure that party members vote in accordance with the party’s platform, not their personal beliefs or the wishes of their supporters or voters.
  • Each political party in the Parliament, whether it is in power or not, has a whip.
  • He is an assistant floor leader appointed by the political party.
  • A political party is constitutionally authorized to whip its lawmakers under the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law).

Background information historically

  • The idea of the whip was brought to India during British colonial rule.
  • The Indian Constitution, House Rules, and Parliamentary Statutes all make no mention of the position of “whip.”
  • It is predicated on parliamentary government customs.

Disobedience to Whip

  • If a lawmaker defies the party whip, they risk having their qualifications for office revoked, unless the number of lawmakers doing so equals two thirds of the party’s representation in the house.
  • This disqualification is at the discretion of the House Speaker/Chairman.