Why do political leaders defect or stay? Look beyond obvious answers of ideology, money, power

What makes politicians stay loyal to a party or leave it? Indian politics wouldn’t be a fraction as fascinating as it is if it did not defy any idea that looks obvious or an answer that begins with ‘of course’. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
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