Overview
- Harish Rao issued an open letter on December 7 to Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar marking his two years in office, alleging sustained procedural lapses that erode the House’s credibility.
- He urged immediate rulings on disqualification petitions for 10 BRS MLAs who joined the Congress, citing the Telangana anti-defection rules and Article 191(2).
- The letter references the Supreme Court’s Keisham Meghachandra Singh judgment to stress timely decisions on defection cases.
- He faulted reduced sitting days and abrupt adjournments, and he asked that the Assembly sit for at least 30 working days a year in line with Rule 12.
- Rao said mandatory House committees were not constituted, the Estimates Committee was not reconstituted after its chair resigned, the Deputy Speaker post remained vacant, and Question Hour and Zero Hour were curtailed contrary to the Rules.