NEW DELHI — Constitutional experts praised the resilience of Indian democracy on Tuesday after confirming that a law designed to prevent elected representatives from switching sides fully protects the immediate transfer of seven out of ten opposition parliamentarians to the ruling party.

A spokesperson explained the nuanced legal difference between a corrupt defection and a principled merger under the Tenth Schedule. "If a single MP switches sides for a ministerial berth, that is a travesty that undermines the voters' mandate," the official told reporters. "However, if you can convince six of your colleagues to abandon their mandate alongside you and meet the two-thirds threshold, the law recognizes it as a valid, pure-hearted ideological awakening."

The ruling party has successfully utilized this bulk-exemption loophole to preserve democratic stability on at least five separate occasions since 2016. Records indicate the strategy of legally acquiring entire opposition flocks proved highly effective in installing new governments in Maharashtra in 2022 with 40 defectors, Madhya Pradesh in 2020 with 22, and Karnataka in 2019 with 17.

Efforts by the remaining opposition members to challenge the parliamentarians' current status are expected to be handled with maximum urgency by the Rajya Sabha Chairman, who operates under strict constitutional guidelines that require him to make a ruling at absolutely no fixed point in the future.