New Delhi, July 23 -- Ahead of the parliamentary Monsoon Session set to commence on Thursday, Congress MP Manish Tewari has moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha, seeking suspension of Question Hour, Zero Hour and all other listed business of the day to discuss the need for a new anti-defection law.

In his notice to the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha today, Tewari said the proposed law should proscribe "mass political defections driven by opportunism and bereft of any genuine ideological or policy differences", while simultaneously providing space for "honest and critical dissent" both inside and outside Parliament and state legislatures.

"I move that this House do suspend Question Hour, Zero Hour and all other listed busines...