After dodging for over one year, Telangana Assembly Speaker S Madhusudhana Chary finally took some action on the representation given by the Telugu Desam Party over defection of its MLAs into the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
On Thursday, the Speaker issued notices to 10 TDP MLAs who had defected into the TRS in the last one and a half years in different phases. The notices were issued following a letter given by TDLP leader A Revanth Reddy.
The Speaker asked them to explain why they should not be disqualified as per the anti-defection law.
Those who received the notices include: Minister Talasani Srinivasa Yadav, Teegala Krishna Reddy, G Sayanna, M Krishna Rao, Vivekananda, Prakash Goud, Rajender Reddy, Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Manchireddy Kishan Reddy and Challa Dharma Reddy.
Interestingly, Errabelli who had given a similar letter seeking action against defectors, himself joined the TRS recently.
Sources said Chief Minister and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao might ask these defected MLAs to quit their Assembly seats and contest the by-elections again, as legal experts told him that these defectors would have to face the disqualification if the court intervenes.
It would also help KCR to consolidate his electoral gains as the Opposition parties are too weak to put up any fight in the by-elections.
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