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Telangana Speaker Begins In-Camera Anti-Defection Hearings for Four MLAs

A Supreme Court deadline requires decisions on BRS disqualification pleas by October 25.

Overview

  • Proceedings opened Monday under the Tenth Schedule, with sessions set for September 29 and October 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • The first batch includes T. Prakash Goud, Kale Yadaiah, Gudem Mahipal Reddy and Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy.
  • Day one features cross-examination of the complainant BRS MLAs by counsels for the four respondents, with the reverse scheduled for October 1 before the Speaker.
  • The Legislature Secretariat has barred visitors and media from the premises through October 6, prohibited mobile phones in the court hall and warned that any recording will lead to confiscation and disallowance of appearance.
  • BRS seeks the disqualification of 10 MLAs who moved to Congress, while explanations from Kadiyam Srihari and Danam Nagender are yet to be submitted to the Speaker.