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Introduction The Supreme Court of India has once again intervened to reinforce constitutional discipline under the anti-defection law, sharply criticising the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker for prolonged delay in deciding disqualification petitions against rebel Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) MLAs . Granting a final two-week deadline , the Court warned that continued inaction would undermine the authority of constitutional institutions and the rule of law. Background of the Dispute The case arises from petitions filed by senior BRS leaders, including K T Rama Rao (KTR) , challenging the Speaker’s inaction on disqualification pleas against 10 BRS MLAs who allegedly defected to the ruling Congress party after the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections. Out of these: Seven disqualification petitions have already been rejected by the Speaker Three petitions remain pending, triggering the present round of litigation The delay directly violates a July 31, 2025 Supreme Court judgment , w...

Kavitha Accuses Harish Rao and Santosh Rao of Corruption Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha has sparked a major internal storm by directly blaming her cousins — former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao and former MP J. Santosh Rao — for alleged large-scale irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). Speaking at a press conference in Hyderabad after returning from a 10-day trip to the United States , Kavitha claimed that her father and BRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was being made a scapegoat while others “amassed huge assets” from the project. She accused the two leaders of playing a pivotal role in the project’s execution, saying: “They accumulated huge assets blinding KCR. They are the anacondas of corruption.” Strong Objection to CBI Probe into Kaleshwaram Kavitha condemned Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s decision to hand over the Kaleshwaram case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) , calling it an insult to KC...