Speaker summons four more BRS MLAs in defection case

The Telangana Legislative Assembly. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri

The Legislature Secretariat has summoned 4 much MLAs of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) who are facing charges of defection to the ruling Congress party. The Tribunal, headed by Speaker G. Prasad Kumar and constituted nether the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution dealing with the Anti-Defection Law, volition behaviour hearings connected the charges made by the BRS enactment against MLAs Tellam Venkat Rao, Arekapudi Gandhi, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, and M. Sanjay Kumar from Thursday. The hearings volition beryllium held implicit 2 days, divided into 2 sessions each. The Speaker’s bureau has besides issued notices to the petitioners, BRS MLAs G. Jagdish Reddy, Kalvakuntla Sanjay, and K.P. Vivekananda, to look for the hearings with their advocates. The Speaker volition cross-examine the 4 MLAs again connected November 12 and 13, according to the notification. The process follows earlier hearings connected petitions pertaining to BRS MLAs T. Prakash Goud, Kale Yadaiah, Gudem Mahipal Reddy, and Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy past month. The legislators, defending their stance, were guided by ineligible experts successful answering the queries posed by the Tribunal. While advocates for the petitioners presented a beardown lawsuit against the legislators, the counsels representing the MLAs reportedly argued that their clients had not defected to the Congress and had met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and different Ministers lone for constituency-related matters. The Tribunal has completed hearings and cross-examination of the 4 MLAs and reserved its verdict. Two different BRS MLAs, Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihar, person not yet responded to the disqualification notices served connected them. It remains to beryllium seen what people of enactment the Speaker volition follow successful their case.

Published - November 05, 2025 04:36 p.m. IST