Hyderabad, Nov. 23 -- The Khairatabad MLA, Danam Nagender has asked the State Legislative Assembly Speaker to grant some more time to file counter affidavits to the disqualification petitions pending against him.

Of the ten legislators who allegedly defected from the BRS to Congress, two MLAs, Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari, did not file their counters till date.

The Supreme Court directed the Speaker to complete the hearing within four weeks.

As the four week time frame was coming to an end, the State Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Thursday directed MLAs Nagender and Srihari to file their counter affidavits to the disqualification petitions pending against them.

Earlier, on July 31, the apex court had directed the ...