"anti-defection-law"

The party's State committee member demands that the Speaker Gaddam Prasad implement the anti-defection law strictly

Bypolls to at least five assembly constituencies appears imminent in Telangana, as the BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress are likely to be disqualified shortly

His resignation has set off a discussion on whether or not the other six legislators in Telangana, who defected to the Congress would also send in their papers voluntarily.

People should also question parties which were clueless on resources, but made empty promises to acquire power, he said.

The BRS Legislative Party members submitted a representation to Telangana Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy at the latter's residence in Hyderabad on Friday and sought immediate action in this regard.

By Arun Sinha In a recent address at Bengaluru, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu lamented that the anti-defection law had failed to check mass defections and suggested an amendment to the law to stop it. The lamentation and suggestion coming from someone who had been the BJP president sound bold, as several mass defections in recent years […]