The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) endorsed Advocate Kapil Sibal's proposal for a 10-year ban on defecting MPs and MLAs, while demanding a stricter 20-year ban itself. CJP co-convenor Saurav Das called large-scale defections and alleged crore-rupee payoffs to topple governments "a fraud on the country," urging anti-defection law reform.