Earlier, the former chief minister of Telangana KCR gave rise to an ugly trend in the state as he greatly encouraged political defection as he invited over 20 other party MLAs into his party in his 9 year tenure as the chief minister. The situation was particularly worse in 2018 where BRS took in 12 of Congress's 19 MLAs and merged Congress legislative party in BRS.
Now, after losing one single MLA Danam Nagender to Congress, BRS is crying out "When MLAs who have won on one party ticket are brazenly jumping into another party within three months of being elected, what are the Election Commission and Assembly Speaker doing?
The Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker and the Election Commission seem to be mere onlookers to the onslaught happening on democracy in Telangana. Isn't this dereliction of duties by Election Commission and Assembly Speaker? We unequivocally demand the Election Commission and Assembly Speaker to take action against Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari according to the anti-defection law."
This argument from Congress is getting bashed left right center by the opposition party leaders and supporters who are saying that KCR is getting a taste of his own medicine and nothing more. If what Congress is doing now hurts BRS so much, then that is exactly what happened to Congress in 2014 and 2018, remarked an observer.
