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BRS Working President KTR Calls on Congress to Resign Defected MLAs After High Court Disqualification
KTR urged the Telangana Congress government to apply the High Court’s ruling that disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender to all BRS‑to‑Congress defectors. He challenged the ruling party to ask those MLAs to resign and seek fresh mandates.
By Chandrupatla chanakya ·
What happened
KTR urged the Telangana Congress government to apply the High Court’s ruling that disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender to all BRS‑to‑Congress defectors. He challenged the ruling party to ask those MLAs to resign and seek fresh mandates. KTR urges Congress to force all BRS‑to‑Congress defectors, including Danam Nagender, to resign after the High Court’s disqualification ruling. Wanaparthy – In a press briefing at Pebbair on Saturday, BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao (commonly known as KTR) demanded that the Telangana Congress government follow the Telangana High Court’s recent judgment that disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender. The High Court had set aside the Speaker’s earlier decision that had allowed Nagender to retain his seat after he switched from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to the Congress.
TL;DR
KTR urges Congress to force all BRS‑to‑Congress defectors, including Danam Nagender, to resign after the High Court’s disqualification ruling.
Key points
- KTR demanded the Congress government apply the High Court’s disqualification of Danam Nagender to all defected MLAs
- The High Court set aside the Speaker’s decision that had allowed Nagender to retain his seat
- KTR challenged the ruling party to ask defected MLAs to resign and seek fresh mandates
- The statement was made at a media briefing in Pebbair, Wanaparthy on 2026-09-19
Wanaparthy – In a press briefing at Pebbair on Saturday, BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao (commonly known as KTR) demanded that the Telangana Congress government follow the Telangana High Court’s recent judgment that disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender. The High Court had set aside the Speaker’s earlier decision that had allowed Nagender to retain his seat after he switched from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to the Congress.
KTR said the same legal principle should be applied uniformly to the other legislators who defected from the BRS to the Congress. “We challenge the Congress government to make the remaining defected MLAs resign and face elections,” he told reporters, adding that if the ruling party was confident of public support, it should seek a fresh mandate for those members.
The BRS leader’s remarks come amid ongoing political tension in the state, where several MLAs have switched allegiances since the last assembly elections. By invoking the court’s decision, KTR aims to pressure the opposition to confront the legitimacy of its defectors and potentially trigger by‑elections that could alter the balance of power in the assembly.
KTR’s call reflects a broader strategy by the BRS to hold the Congress accountable for perceived violations of anti‑defection norms, while also positioning the party as a defender of procedural integrity in Telangana’s legislative processes.