Overview

• Copies of explanations from the accused legislators were sent to BRS complainants, who were given three days to file counter-comments, while two MLAs sought extra time to reply.
• Eight legislators denied quitting BRS in letters to the Speaker, saying photos with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy were routine meetings or, in one case, manipulated images.
• K. T. Rama Rao used a Gadwal rally to challenge the Chief Minister to make the ten MLAs resign and re-contest, asserting by-elections are unavoidable.
• KTR also targeted Rahul Gandhi over what he called silence on the episode, citing images of the MLAs wearing Congress scarves and posing with Congress leaders in Delhi.
• TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud said the MLAs joined Congress to shield the government from alleged efforts by BRS and BJP to unseat it, and he questioned BRS’s equations with the BJP.