Hyderabad buzzes with anticipation for January 30, as Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar takes up the disqualification petition against MLA Danam Nagender. The Khairatabad representative, swept in on BRS in 2023, is under fire for alleged Congress sympathies from petitioner BRS MLA Kaushik Reddy.
Summons extend to both, plus BJP’s A. Maheshwar Reddy’s petition. Nagender’s affidavit seeks outright rejection, stressing no resignation or suspension from BRS, and his March 2024 Congress attendance was individual.
Precedents abound: Seven 2024 BRS-to-Congress shift petitions failed for lack of proof, with MLAs deemed BRS members technically.
Last year’s eight hearings ended with reserved orders; Sanjay Kumar’s lingers. Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari’s non-responses postponed theirs.
BRS accuses blatant defections—treasury seating, Nagender’s Congress Lok Sabha contest in Secunderabad, Srihari’s promotion of daughter Kavya in Warangal. MLAs insist meetings with Revanth Reddy were for local growth only.
The outcome may redefine defection boundaries, impacting Telangana’s power balance profoundly.