Danam disqualification verdict victory for Constitution: Kishan Reddy

Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Saturday said the High Court’s verdict in the case concerning Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender was a victory for the Constitution and the rule of law.

Speaking to the media, Mr. Kishan Reddy alleged that the Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) had made a practice of encouraging defections by getting elected representatives to switch parties without resigning from their elected positions.

Welcoming the court’s verdict, Mr. Kishan Reddy alleged that political parties had for several years disregarded the mandate of voters by engineering defections.

Mr. Kishan Reddy recalled that former united Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had encouraged defections on behalf of the Congress and alleged that BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had continued the practice after coming to power.