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Speaker clears two BRS MLAs, Defection row intensifies political battle in Telangana

Hyderabad, March 11 (UNI) In a development likely to trigger a fresh political row in Telangana, Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed petitions seeking the disqualification of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs -- Kadiyam Srihari and Danam Nagender, who were accused of switching loyalties to the ruling Indian National Congress.
Delivering the ruling, the Speaker said the petitioners failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove that the two legislators had formally defected to the Congress and ruled that they are technically still members of the BRS.
The petitions were filed by BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy and BJP MLA Aleti Maheshwar Reddy against Nagender, while another petition seeking the disqualification of Srihari was filed by BRS MLA K. P. Vivekanand.
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