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Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will deliver his verdict on disqualification petitions against five BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress, a day before the Supreme Court’s deadline, amid warnings of contempt for delays.

BRS MLAs Padi Kaushik Reddy and KP Vivekananda demanded the defected MLAs to immediately resign from their posts and challenged them to win the bypolls.

CPI MLA from Kothagudem Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao said criminal case should be booked against MLAs, who defected to other parties.

With Prakash Goud’s entry into Congress, the tally of BRS MLAs, who defected to Congress, increased to eight.