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The signifier is each acceptable for Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar to denote his verdict connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) connected the disqualification petitions pertaining to 5 of the 10 MLAs of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti who allegedly defected to the ruling Congress aft winning connected the BRS ticket.
The Speaker has decided to denote the people of enactment into the petitions filed against MLAs Tellam Venkat Rao, Arekapudi Gandhi, Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, T. Prakash Goud and Gudem Mahipal Reddy by the BRS leadership. The improvement follows the deadline acceptable by the Supreme Court connected November 17 for completing the process wrong 4 weeks.
Supreme Court erstwhile Chief Justice B.R. Gavai who took enactment of the practice made by the BRS heard the contempt petition filed by the BRS against the Speaker for allegedly not complying with the Apex Court’s absorption to determine connected the disqualification petitions against 10 BRS MLAs earlier the expiry of the three-month deadline ended connected October 31.
The Chief Justice connected November 17 warned that the Assembly Speaker was successful “gross contempt” for delaying determination connected the petitions filed by the BRS leaders seeking disqualification of their MLAs who shifted allegiance to the ruling Congress. “Either this (disqualification petitions) person to beryllium decided by adjacent week oregon information contempt. We person already said helium (the Speaker) does not bask law immunity portion acting arsenic a tribunal nether the Tenthi Schedule. It is up to him to determine wherever helium wants to walk connected the New Year’s day,” Justice Gavai said.
Forced by the CJI’s code and tenor, Mr. Prasad Kumar commenced hearings into the petitions summoning the 10 MLAs. Eight of these MLAs attended the hearings which comprised of introspection and transverse introspection by the petitioners and respondents respectively connected the proofs submitted successful enactment of the disqualification petitions. While the MLAs argued that they had met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Ministers seeking redressal of problems successful their respective constituencies, the petitioners (BRS leaders) submitted documentary and video proofs to substantiate their charges connected defection by these MLAs to the Congress.
The determination successful respect of MLAs M. Sanjay, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Kale Yadaiah who attended the hearings is apt to beryllium announced soon, sources said. Interestingly, 2 MLAs Danam Nagender and Kadiya Srihari are yet to respond to the notices served by the Speaker and they reportedly sought much clip for doing so.
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