Hyderabad, Jan. 31 -- Telangana Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Friday, January 30, deferred the disqualification hearing of Khairtabad MLA Danam Nagendar to February 18 after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Alleti Maheshwar Reddy asked for an adjournment, citing municipal elections.

Disqualification petitions were filed against Danam Nagendar by both Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and BJP, alleging that he had switched his loyalties to the Congress after being elected on a BRS ticket in the 2023 Assembly elections.

They said the fact that Nagendar contested for the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat in 2024 on a Congress ticket as proof of his defection.

According to reports, Maheshwar Reddy asked for the hearing to be postponed to February 20...