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All eyes are connected the bureau of Legislative Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar’s verdict connected the charges against 2 BRS legislators Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari for allegedly defecting to the ruling Congress aft winning connected the BRS ticket.
The Speaker, acting arsenic president of the tribunal dealing with anti defection instrumentality constituted nether Schedule X of the Constitution has dismissed different petition of defection against Jagtial MLA M. Sanjay Kumar connected Wednesday connected the crushed that the petitioners from the BRS did not taxable capable impervious substantiating their charges.
The Tribunal has earlier dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against 7 of the 10 MLAs claiming determination was nary information successful the assertion that these MLAs shifted allegiance to Congress and the petitioners did not taxable indispensable proofs to substantiate their complaint that the MLAs switched sides.
Mr. Prasad Kumar who kept the determination connected the petition against Dr. Sanjay Kumar pending for rather immoderate clip announced his verdict pursuing the Supreme Court’s directive to expedite the substance earlier February 6. This leaves verdict connected Mr. Nagender and Mr. Srihari pending and it is apt to instrumentality immoderate clip arsenic the arguments and transverse introspection of the petitioners and respondents should beryllium conducted earlier the Tribunal takes a decision.
Interestingly, notices were not served connected Mr. Nagender and Mr. Srihari till the tribunal intervened successful the substance pursuing a petition filed by the BRS leadership. Accordingly, notices were served connected the 2 MLAs subsequently asking them to look for hearing. But the proceeding has been postponed to February 18 and 19 respectively pursuing requests from the petitioners and respondents connected the crushed that they are engaged with the ongoing elections to municipality section bodies.
All the MLAs who are relieved of the defection charges claimed that the reports of their voluntarily giving up the rank and joining the ruling Congress were incorrect and that they had met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for “development purposes”. These MLAs corroborated their statement citing that they proceed to wage Rs. 5,000 arsenic publication to the BRS legislative wing.
The cases pertaining to Mr. Nagender and Mr. Srihari nevertheless assumed significance. Mr. Nagender contested from the Secunderabad Lok Sabha spot connected the Congress summons successful spite of being an MLA of the BRS portion Mr. Srihari campaigned extensively for his girl Kadiyam Kavya who won arsenic an MP from Warangal Lok Sabha spot connected the Congress ticket.
A conception of leaders claimed that the verdict against the 2 volition besides beryllium connected the aforesaid lines, but they did not regularisation retired the scope for the BRS enactment approaching the Supreme Court again with equipped with proofs of their progressive engagement successful the Congress related affairs.
