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In a large governmental development, Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar has dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against 5 Bharat Rashtra Samiti MLAs.
The Speaker, who delivered his verdict connected the petitions of 5 BRS MLAs Arekapudi Gandhi, Tellam Venkat Rao, Gudem Mahipal Reddy, T. Prakash Goud and Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, said determination was nary information successful the assertion that these MLAs shifted their allegiance to the ruling Congress. In the overmuch awaited verdict connected the disqualification petitions moved by the BRS leadership, the Speaker said that the petitioners did not taxable indispensable proofs to substantiate their complaint that the MLAs switched sides.
In his study compiled aft proceeding the arguments of the advocates connected behalf of the petitioners and responsive MLAs, Mr. Prasad Kumar, chairing the tribunal constituted nether Tenth Schedule of the Constitution dealing with the Anti Defection Law, said the MLAs technically continued to beryllium with the BRS arsenic the petitioners could not beryllium their arguments.
Faced with the deadline acceptable by the Supreme Court to implicit proceedings into the disqualification petitions moved by the BRS against 10 of its MLAs, the Speaker heard arguments successful enactment of and against the disqualification of the MLAs for adjacent to 3 months.
While the advocates from the BRS broadside submitted proofs alleging that the MLAs so switched loyalties going by the proofs of their adjacent question with the powers that beryllium successful the ruling party, advocates connected behalf of the responsive MLAs asserted that they continued successful the BRS and that they met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and different Ministers seeking merchandise of funds and execution of different improvement works pertaining to their respective constituencies.
Advocates connected behalf of Mr. Gandhi argued that their lawsuit continued to beryllium the president of the Public Accounts Committee, a station traditionally fixed to the main Opposition party, and that determination was nary information successful the assertion that helium had shifted loyalty to the Congress. The MLAs facing charges of defection claimed that they continued to beryllium successful the seats allotted to them connected the ground of the enactment they represented and that determination was nary information successful the petitioners’ charges.
The Speaker dismissed the petitions claiming that they were not maintainable and that the MLAs proceed to beryllium affiliated to the BRS. The Tribunal is apt to denote its basal pertaining to 3 much legislators Kale Yadaiah, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and M. Sanjay Kumar successful a time oregon 2 and it has to beryllium waited and seen whether the tribunal adopts the aforesaid yardstick for these legislators.
Interestingly, 2 much MLAs Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari did not be the hearings contempt receiving notices much than once. The 2 MLAs requested the Speaker to assistance them immoderate much clip to taxable their responses to the notices.
