KTR flays Speaker’s verdict on defector MLAs, terms it undemocratic, shocking

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BRS moving   president   K.T. Rama Rao speaking successful  Hyderabad connected  Wednesday arsenic  Puvvada Ajya Kumar (left) and R.S. Praveen Kumar look   on.

BRS moving president K.T. Rama Rao speaking successful Hyderabad connected Wednesday arsenic Puvvada Ajya Kumar (left) and R.S. Praveen Kumar look on.

HYDERABAD

Working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) K.T. Rama Rao has powerfully condemned the Telangana Assembly Speaker’s determination connected the disqualification petitions against MLAs defected from BRS to the ruling Congress, calling it highly undemocratic and shocking.

Reacting to the Speaker’s ruling connected disqualification petitions against Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari connected Wednesday, helium alleged that the determination was taken nether tremendous unit from Congress person Rahul Gandhi, and accused the Congress enactment of orchestrating the full episode.

He observed that the Speaker had virtually nary independency successful the substance and that the Congress enactment itself was straight managing the defection operations successful the State. The Speaker’s determination represented a nonstop battle connected ideology and the Constitution of India - and the main designer down this unethical determination was Rahul Gandhi, helium alleged.

Mr. Rama Rao alleged that Mr. Rahul Gandhi was encouraging specified unethical governmental activities for the involvement of monolithic wealth flows reaching AICC from Telangana and described the developments arsenic portion of a politically motivated operation. He questioned the motivation authorization of Mr. Gandhi and the Congress enactment to talk astir defections.

Criticising Mr. Gandhi’s governmental stance, the BRS person said the Congress person claiming to beryllium the defender of the Constitution portion encouraging defections simultaneously is unfortunate. He asked the Congress enactment to warrant however an MLA (Danam Nagender) who had won connected a BRS B-Form could contention arsenic a Congress campaigner for Lok Sabha without resigning from BRS - oregon the Assembly - and flight disqualification.

He remarked that successful the past of autarkic India, seldom had a Speaker delivered specified a arguable decision. He said the BRS would beryllium acceptable to felicitate those liable for specified a “historic” decision.

“All the grounds is already successful the nationalist domain. The Election Commission records intelligibly amusement which B-Form the MLA utilized to contention the Assembly predetermination and which B-Form helium utilized to contention for Parliament. What further enquiry is needed?” helium asked.

Mr. Rama Rao besides faulted Mr. Gandhi for talking astir automatic disqualification if idiosyncratic defects (a committedness made successful the Congress manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections).

Published - March 11, 2026 09:17 p.m. IST

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