Speaker to Deliver Disqualification Orders on 5 BRS MLAs Today

Hyderabad, Dec 2025 : Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will announce his decision on Wednesday regarding the possible disqualification of five Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs who allegedly shifted their loyalties to the ruling Congress.

The Speaker is set to pronounce orders in open court at 3.30 p.m. on the cases against Tellam Venkat Rao, Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy, T. Prakash Goud, Gudem Mahipal Reddy, and Arekapudi Gandhi.

Hearings into the disqualification petitions for eight defected MLAs have already been completed. Along with the five currently under focus, cases against Kale Yadaiah, Sanjay Kumar, and Pocharam Srinivas Reddy were heard earlier, and orders on all petitions are currently reserved.

Two other MLAs — Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari — have not responded to notices issued by the Speaker last month and have therefore been given more time to file their replies. This is the third notice issued to them after failure to respond on previous occasions.

The 10 MLAs in question were elected on BRS tickets in the 2023 Assembly polls but are accused of switching over to the Congress in 2024. The BRS argues that the lawmakers not only joined the ruling party but have also been sitting with the treasury benches in the Assembly, violating anti-defection rules.

The MLAs, however, deny formally joining the Congress and claim they merely met Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to seek development funds for their constituencies.

In its submissions, the BRS highlighted that Nagender even contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Secunderabad on a Congress ticket. It also pointed out that Srihari openly campaigned for his daughter, Kadiyam Kaviya, who contested from Warangal as a Congress candidate.

Meanwhile, the matter has also drawn the attention of the Supreme Court. On November 17, the court issued a contempt notice to the Telangana Speaker for not acting on its earlier directive to decide on the disqualification pleas.

Back on July 31, a bench headed by then Chief Justice B.R. Gavai directed the Speaker to decide the fate of the defected MLAs within three months. The bench described the non-compliance as “the grossest kind of contempt” while issuing notices to the Speaker and others involved.

As expectations rise ahead of Wednesday’s announcement, the decision is likely to have a significant impact on state politics and the balance of power in the Assembly.