Correct Answer - Option 3 :
After six months
The correct answer is After six months.
- A nominated member of a House becomes disqualified for being a member of the House if he joins any political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which he takes his seat in the House.
- This means that he may join any political party within six months of taking his seat in the House without inviting this disqualification.
- The anti-defection law was passed by parliament in 1985 by the 52nd Amendment to the Constitution.
- It added the Tenth Schedule which laid down the process by which legislators may be disqualified on grounds of defection.
- One of its provisions is as below:
- Nominated members who were not members of a party could choose to join a party within six months; after that period, they were treated as a party member or independent member.
- Hence, after 6 months if they join a political party, they are disqualified.
