Hyderabad: Jagruthi president and former MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Wednesday criticised Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar for giving a clean chit to Jagtial MLA Sanjay Kumar in the defection case.
Kavitha said the decision amounted to an attack on democratic values. She questioned how the Speaker could ignore what she called clear indicators of defection.
Referring to the MLA’s presence at Gandhi Bhavan, Kavitha said attending Congress party meetings itself proved a change of political allegiance. She asked what further evidence the Speaker required.
She also cited the municipal elections in Jagtial. According to her, the same MLA issued Congress B-forms during the polls, which had sparked widespread controversy.
Defection case decision sparks constitutional questions
Kavitha said the Speaker dismissed the petition by claiming there was no evidence of defection. She questioned whether the Speaker was acting as a constitutional authority or as a Congress leader.
She argued that such actions weakened the sanctity of the Speaker’s office. Kavitha also asked how constitutional values and legislative dignity could be protected if the Speaker acted with political bias.
The Jagruthi president said the Speaker’s role demanded neutrality. She warned that selective decisions in defection cases would erode public trust in democratic institutions.
పార్టీ ఫిరాయింపుల కేసులో జగిత్యాల ఎమ్మెల్యేకు స్పీకర్ గారు క్లీన్ చిట్ ఇవ్వడం ప్రజాస్వామ్యానికే గొడ్డలిపెట్టు
బీఆర్ఎస్ నుంచి గెలిచిన జగిత్యాల ఎమ్మెల్యే గాంధీ భవన్ కు వెళ్లి కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ మీటింగ్ లో పాల్గొన్నారు అంటేనే పార్టీ ఫిరాయించినట్టు కదా! ఇంతకు మించిన ఆధారాలు…
— Kavitha Kalvakuntla (@RaoKavitha) February 4, 2026