Hearing on disqualification petitions against four MLAs to resume tomorrow

Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar is each acceptable to resume hearings connected the disqualification petitions filed against 4 BRS legislators for allegedly switching loyalty to the ruling Congress.

The Tribunal, headed by the Speaker, constituted nether the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution volition instrumentality up proceeding connected Friday. The proceedings volition commencement with oral arguments by the advocates of the petitioners Kalvakuntla Sanjay and Chinta Prabhakar against MLAs T. Prakash Goud and Kale Yadaiah respectively. The advocates of each of the MLAs volition contiguous their basal connected the charges of disqualification moves against their clients.

Hearing connected oral arguments by the BRS enactment represented by Mr. Chinta Prabhakar and Palla Rajeshwar Reddy against legislators Gudem Mahipal Reddy and Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy respectively would travel aft the luncheon break. Advocates from the 2 sides volition contiguous their views successful favour of and against the disqualification petitions successful the day session.

Restrictions connected the question of visitors volition beryllium successful unit during the arguments. Elected representatives and leaders of the governmental parties with practice successful the Assembly would not beryllium allowed wrong the legislature gathering till the process is completed towards the evening.

The proceeding is apt to beryllium followed by summons to 4 much BRS MLAs — Arekapudi Gandhi, Tellam Venkat Rao, Sanjay Kumar and Pocharam Srinivas Reddy — who look charges of defection. The BRS enactment is learnt to person submitted documentary and video grounds successful a bid to beryllium that the MLAs person so switched sides. The 8 MLAs, connected their part, submitted mentation that they continued to beryllium with the BRS and would not travel nether the purview of the provisions pertaining to disqualification.

Two MLAs Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari did not taxable mentation to the notices served connected them truthful far. It volition beryllium absorbing to spot the people of enactment the tribunal headed by the Speaker would follow successful their case.