Asked Speaker To Sack 10 BRS MLAs: KTR

BRS working president K T Rama Rao today said that the party had requested the Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar to take action against the 10 BRS MLAs who had defected to the ruling Congress, as per a Supreme Court verdict.

After meeting the Speaker in the Assembly, KTR interacted with the media along with the other BRS MLAs.

"As per a Supreme Court order, the Speaker has to take a decision on the issue of the defection within three months. We reminded the Speaker of the same," he said.

He said that as many as 10 MLAs, six MLCs and a Rajya Sabha member of the BRS had joined the Congress, and that his party wanted action to be taken against them.

"We have also submitted to the Speaker the judgements of the Supreme Court and High Courts relating to the defections. In January 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that action should be taken within three months in case of defections. We have handed over the verdict to the Speaker. Following the verdict, the Speaker of the Manipur Assembly cancelled the membership of the Congress MLA Shyam Kumar for his alleged defection. We have suggested that the same procedure should be followed in the case of the 10 BRS MLAs who have indulged in the defections in Telangana," he said.

Elaborating on the judgement, he added, "We also read out the Supreme Court judgement about defections to the Speaker. The Supreme Court has said it very clearly. It said that the Speaker has the power to take action against MLAs who defect to other political parties, and that a decision should be taken within three months. When that did not happen in Manipur, the Supreme Court intervened and ordered that a decision be taken within a week. This is the situation here too. On March 18, we gave a petition to the Assembly Speaker against our MLA Danam Nagender. Today, nine petitions have been handed over to the Speaker. We have requested the Speaker to take a decision on the 10 MLAs immediately. We have said the Speaker should not bring about a situation where the Supreme Court will pass an order," he added.