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Telangana High Court Disqualifies BRS MLA Over Congress Defection
The Telangana High Court said Danam Nagender should no longer be an MLA.
Nagender was elected from Khairatabad as a BRS member.
He later joined Congress and ran in the 2024 Lok Sabha election on its ticket.
The court said he was disqualified under the anti-defection issue before it.
The ruling overturned an earlier decision by the Assembly Speaker.
The Khairatabad Assembly seat is now vacant.
BRS and BJP leaders celebrated the decision and criticized Congress.
Nagender said he welcomed the order and planned to fight in the next election.
He said he had not yet decided whether to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Telangana High Court disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender, effective April 23, 2024.
The court overturned Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar’s decision to reject disqualification petitions against Nagender.
Nagender had moved from the BRS to Congress and contested the 2024 Secunderabad Lok Sabha election on a Congress ticket.
BRS and BJP leaders welcomed the ruling, while BJP leader G Kishan Reddy criticized both parties over political defections.
BRS workers celebrated with fireworks, and Nagender said he would contest and try to win the next election.
- Who
- Danam Nagender, the Telangana High Court, Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, and BRS and BJP leaders.
- What
- The High Court disqualified Nagender as a Telangana MLA and overturned the Speaker’s earlier decision rejecting petitions against him.
- Where
- The Telangana High Court in Hyderabad; Nagender represents Khairatabad.
- When
- Friday, September 18; the disqualification was made effective from April 23, 2024.
- Why
- The ruling followed allegations that Nagender voluntarily gave up his BRS membership after joining Congress and contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha election on its ticket.
BRS and BJP leaders
Congress-side position reported in the case
Meaning of the verdict
BRS and BJP leaders
BRS and BJP leaders described the ruling as a victory for truth and democracy and a setback for the Congress government in Telangana.
Congress-side position reported in the case
The articles report the Assembly Speaker’s earlier rejection of the petitions but provide no separate Congress response to the High Court ruling.
Political defections
BRS and BJP leaders
BRS and BJP leaders criticized defections. G Kishan Reddy said Congress and BRS were two sides of the same coin and had encouraged horse-trading.
Congress-side position reported in the case
The articles state that Nagender moved from BRS to Congress and that the Speaker had previously rejected petitions seeking his disqualification, but they do not provide a detailed Congress defense.
Key facts
- Disqualified MLA
- Danam Nagender
- Constituency
- Khairatabad
- Former party
- BRS
- New party affiliation
- Congress
- Effective date
- April 23, 2024
- Lok Sabha contest
- Nagender contested from Secunderabad on a Congress ticket in 2024
- Earlier decision
- Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar had rejected the disqualification petitions
Quotes
Danam Nagender
Disqualified BRS MLA from Khairatabad who defected to Congress
“Satyameva Jayate !! BRS MLA Danam Nagendar who defected to Congress got disqualified by the Hon’ble High Court today. The rest of the defectors will also meet the same fate soon.”
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“Whenever the schedule comes for the election, I will fight and I will win. Fight is not new to me.”
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Sources
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