Politics Today: India — Last 24 Hours

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has formally triggered the anti-defection countdown against 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs, giving them a strict seven-day deadline to respond to disqualification pleas. The move follows a sharp intervention by the Supreme Court, which questioned the persistent delay in deciding the petitions filed by TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. This marks a critical escalation in the battle over the Tenth Schedule, with the Speaker's office finally...