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In a cardinal improvement related to the disqualification of defected legislators successful Telangana, Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar’s bureau has approached the Supreme Court seeking an hold of the deadline to implicit hearings successful the pending disqualification petitions.
The determination comes arsenic the three-month play acceptable by the Supreme Court for concluding the enquiry into the defection cases expires connected October 31. On July 31, the apex tribunal had directed the Speaker to implicit the proceedings “at each costs wrong 3 months” and to instrumentality enactment against immoderate of the defectors.
This bid followed petitions by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) seeking disqualification of its erstwhile MLAs who joined oregon supported the Congress.
According to sources, the Telangana Assembly Secretary, acting connected behalf of the Speaker, filed a petition successful the Supreme Court seeking an further 2 months clip to reason the inquiry. The plea stated that lone 4 legislators have been examined truthful far.
A fewer others person responded but elder leaders, Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari, are yet to look earlier the Speaker oregon taxable their affidavits, having sought much clip to respond. After the 2023 Assembly elections, 10 BRS MLAs switched sides amid governmental realignment nether the caller Congress authorities led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
