Strange as it might sound, Sanathnagar MLA Talasani Srinivas Yadav continues to be a member of the Telugu Desam Party as per the latest Assembly records tabled in the House on the last day of the Assembly, but he had been the Commercial Taxes Minister operating from the treasury benches.
This was pointed out by the Telangana Congress Legislature Party which has strongly objected to the continuation of Talasani in the TRS cabinet without resigning as the MLA of Telugu Desam Party. CLP Deputy Leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir raised the issue in the Legislative Council when Talasani rose to introduce a bill on Value Added Tax on Friday.
Referring to the details of party-position in Legislative Assembly released by Speaker S Madhusudan Chary at the end of budget session on Thursday, Shabbir Ali said that the Speaker has counted Talasani and two other MLAs who defected to the TRS as members of TDP. Therefore, how could an MLA of opposition party serve as minister in the State cabinet.
He described Talasani’s continuation as a shame for democracy. He said Talasani has been continuing as the minister in clear violation of the Anti-Defection Law. He said there was no issue if Talasani would have joined the cabinet of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao after resigning as the TDP MLA.
However, he not only cheated the people by showing a fake resignation letter at the time of taking oath, but is still continuing as minister. He also expressed shock over the silence of Governor ESL Narasimhan on the issue. He said that the Governor should not have administered the oath of office and secrecy to Talasani till the acceptance of his resignation as TDP MLA.
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