New Delhi, July 20 -- Ahead of the parliamentary Monsoon Session set to commence today, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking suspension of the day's business to discuss the need for a new anti-defection law aimed at curbing what he termed "mass political defections" driven by opportunism.

In his notice to the Lok Sabha Secretary General, Tewari urged the House to suspend Question Hour, Zero Hour and all other listed business to deliberate on the contours of a new anti-defection framework.

"I move that this House do suspend Question Hour, Zero Hour and all other listed business of the day to discuss the contours of a new Anti-Defection Law that proscribes Mass Political Defe...