Former Minister Harish Rao lashed out at Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for giving a judgment in the Assembly while the matter of party defections is pending in the Supreme Court. He alleged CM Revanth Reddy spoke in the Assembly in violation of the rules on this matter.
He wondered that how can the Chief Minister give a judgment that the MLAs who defected from the party will not be disqualified and by-elections will not come? Harish Rao said that the Chief Minister going beyond his jurisdiction and speaking on a matter that is in the Supreme Court falls under the privilege of the Assembly.
He said that it is clear in the Kaul and Shakdher Parliamentary Procedure Book matters pending in the court should not be discussed in the legislature. Harish Rao reacted after Revanth Reddy speaking in the assembly on Wednesday said that even if the leaders of other parties join the Congress or go back, by-elections will not come.
Responding to various issues raised by the opposition leaders, CM Revanth Reddy said that he is focusing on the development of the state and not on MLAs disqualification and possible by-elections. He said that anything will happen only after the Supreme Court verdict and that they are ready no matter what happens.
It may be recalled that after the assembly elections 10 MLAs who won from BRS switched to the Congress party. The BRS party approached the High Court to disqualify those 10 MLAs, but it was left to the Speaker to decide. With this, the BRS leaders approached the Supreme Court on this matter.
While this matter is currently going on in the Supreme Court everyone is waiting with interest. There are discussions going on in the state that all those who have defected from the party will resign and go for by-elections. In this context, CM Revanth Reddy’s statement in the assembly that there is no possibility of by-elections is creating a stir.
Meanwhile, Harish Rao also said that it seems that Revanth Reddy is suspecting the MLAs who had defected to Congress would return BRS. That is why, he ridiculed that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said in the Assembly that by-elections would not be held.
