Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- In a relief to five of the 10 defected Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs, Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday, December 17, dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against them.

The Speaker granted relief to Bhadrachalam MLA Tellam Venkat Rao, Gadwal MLA B Krishna Mohan Reddy, Rajendranagar MLA T Prakash Goud, Patancheru MLA G Mahipal Reddy and Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi, citing a lack of evidence that they had formally jumped to the Congress after the 2023 Assembly elections.

BRS reacts

In response to the Speaker's verdict, BRS slammed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, saying that while the leader preaches constitutional morality in Delhi, his party violates it in Telangana.

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