Overview
- Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar issued notices to Kadiyam Srihari and Danam Nagender to respond to disqualification pleas by November 23.
- Srihari met the Speaker, requested additional time to file his reply, and said he would follow the ruling after consulting legal advisers and supporters.
- Nagender has kept direct lines with the AICC and met Mallikarjun Kharge, with party sources saying he is weighing options, including resignation.
- The Supreme Court had ordered decisions within three months and on November 17 issued a contempt notice to the Speaker over delays, with further hearing expected in about four weeks.
- Counsel for the Speaker’s office said hearings on several petitions are complete and evidence has been recorded in others, while party sources note a ruling under the anti-defection law could trigger a six-year election bar.