Since 2022, over 100 lawmakers have switched parties post-election, with 57 of them benefiting the NDA. The most dramatic? 20 TMC MPs jumping to a little-known party that now holds the fifth-largest share in Lok Sabha. Critics say this isn’t democracy; it’s deal-making dressed as politics. The law allows mergers if two-thirds of a party’s legislature members switch; but experts call it a loophole exploited to tear parties apart. Former Lok Sabha Secretary-General P.D.T. Achary puts it bluntly: if the law were applied strictly, most would be disqualified. The real casualty? Voter mandate. What’s worse; it’s not illegal. Should India fix this before the next election, or has the system already been gamed beyond repair?