The Telangana High Court has directed several MLAs accused of defecting from the BRS to the Congress to file their counters by May 6. The order came during hearings on petitions filed by BRS legislators seeking disqualification of defectors.
BRS MLAs KP Vivekananda and Kalvakuntla Sanjay criticised Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar for dismissing disqualification petitions against five defected MLAs, calling it a failure of his role as tribunal chairman.
Senior BRS leader and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao will join the padayatra at Chelgal and walk along with Sanjay Kumar and farmers up to Jagtial where a meeting will be held
Kaushik Reddy demanded that the police register a case against the Chief Minister who must clarify on the provocative remarks made by him publicly in this regard.