Overview
- Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar rejected BRS pleas against Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Kale Yadaiah, ruling there was no proof of defection under the Tenth Schedule and that both remain BRS members.
- The latest decisions take the tally of dismissed petitions to seven of ten, with cases against Kadiyam Srihari, Danam Nagender and M. Sanjay Kumar still pending.
- Five earlier petitions were thrown out in December concerning Tellam Venkat Rao, Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy, T. Prakash Goud, Gudem Mahipal Reddy and Arekapudi Gandhi.
- The Supreme Court issued a contempt notice to the Speaker in November 2025 for not acting on the cases and is scheduled to hear the matter on January 16, 2026.
- BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao accused the Congress of pressuring the Speaker, while the MLAs in question deny joining the ruling party and say meetings with the Chief Minister were for constituency development.