Allagadda MLA Shobha Nagireddy has questioned the very existence of the Praja Rajyam Party, in order to skip action under the Anti Defection Law for violating the party whip during the recent
No Confidence Motion against the government.
Shobha was summoned by Speaker Nadendla Manohar at his chambers in the State Legislative Assembly on Monday, with regard to the petition submitted by the Praja Rajyam Party.
The PRP had sought her disqualification for violating the party whip and voting in favour of the No Confidence Motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government.
The Speaker asked Shobha Nagireddy to sumbit her explanation on the issue by 27 December.
It may be mentioned here that Shobha was elected from the Allagadda seat in Kurnool district on the PRP's ticket in the 2009 elections - she later joined the YSR Congress party.
Later, Shobha told reporters that she questions the legality of the PRP's disqualification petition.
She said that at the time of the PRP's merger with the Congress party, she had informed both the Speaker and the Election Commission of India that she would remain independent and would not merge with the Congress. Since the PRP does not exist, its whip was not legally valid, she said.
The Allagadda MLA said she is not afraid of contesting by-elections, and that that was the reason why she had submitted her resignation from the post along with other MLAs.
However, she said that the process of disqualification initiated against her was illegal.
She added that she would present her case before the Speaker in detail. (INN)