Defected YSRCP MLC Indukuri Raghu Raju, who was scheduled to attend a disqualification hearing before Legislative Council Chairman Koyye Moshen Raju on Friday, has been admitted to the hospital.
MLC Raghu Raju defected from YSRCP to TDP, prompting YSRCP to file a complaint with the Legislative Council.
Council Chairman Moshen Raju had issued notices for Raghu Raju to attend a hearing on May 27. However, Raghu Raju did not attend the hearing on that date, failing to inform the council. Consequently, the chairman adjourned the hearing to May 31 (today).
On Friday, Raghu Raju was admitted to Narayana Hospital in Visakhapatnam, thus skipping the hearing again. His followers claim he was hospitalised due to a kidney problem. As a result, Chairman Moshen Raju had to postpone the hearing once more.
The date for the next hearing has not yet been clarified.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Chairman of the Council have been taking stringent actions against MLAs and MLCs who have defected from their parties. MLCs Janga Krishnamurthy, Vamsi Krishna Yadav, and C Ramachandraiah, all elected on behalf of YSRCP, were disqualified after defecting to other parties; Vamsi Krishna joined Jana Sena, and C Ramachandraiah joined TDP.
Earlier, Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram disqualified eight rebel MLAs who defected from YSRCP to TDP and from TDP to YSRCP. These actions were taken against Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Kotam Reddy Sridhar Reddy, Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy, and Undavalli Sridevi, who declared their support for TDP after winning under YSRCP. Additionally, Karanam Balaram, Vallabhaneni Vamsi, Vasupalli Ganesh, and Maddali Giri, who won as TDP candidates but supported YSRCP
