The disqualification hearings against defected MLAs continued in the Telangana Assembly, with BRS advocates cross-examining Chevella MLA Kale Yadaiah and Rajendranagar MLA T Prakash Goud. The MLAs denied joining Congress and struggled to explain their absence from key BRS events.
Telangana Assembly Speaker began in-camera hearings on BRS disqualification petitions against 10 MLAs who defected to Congress. Proceedings, held under strict security, saw counsels cross-examining petitioners. BRS leaders demanded immediate disqualification, citing evidence of open defection
Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will begin hearings on disqualification petitions against MLAs who defected from the BRS. The hearings, scheduled for Monday and Wednesday, will include cross-examination of both petitioners and respondents. MLAs T. Prakash Goud, Kale Yadaiah, Gudem Mahipal Reddy, and Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy are expected to appear.
The High Court on Friday set aside a September 9, 2024 order passed by a single judge, which had directed the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly to fix a schedule for hearing disqualification petitions within four weeks. The bench ruled that while the Speaker must decide disqualification petitions within a "reasonable time," there was no need to impose a strict timeline as mandated by the single judge.
the High Court on Tuesday heard three writ appeals filed by the Secretary of the Telangana State Legislative Assembly, challenging the order of the Single Judge who had directed the Assembly Secretary to place disqualification petitions before the Assembly Speaker for fixing a schedule to hear them
