“Aam Aadmi Party will not get the National Party status if its MLAs in Gujarat switch sides”
What FACTLY found
According to the ‘The Election symbols (Reservations and Allotment) Order, 1968’, the national party status will not get affected because people leaving the party post-election does not actually count. They are elected on a particular party’s ticket and that will count towards their poll performance. So, it will not affect their recognition (as a state or national party). Similarly, in the case of a party, which does not have the required number of legislators to form a government, and gets M...
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In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 December 2022. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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