Telangana HC sets aside Speaker’s order, declares Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender disqualified as member of Legislative Assembly

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription Updated - September 18, 2026 05:57 pm IST - HYDERABAD Danam Nagender. The bench headed by the Chief Justice, Aparesh Kumar Singh, declared that ‘Danam Nagender stands disqualified from April 23, 2024, as a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly having contested from Secunderabad Lok Sabha on the Congress ticket in 2024, after getting elected as MLA as a BRS candidate the previous year.’ The bench of the Chief Justice and Justice G.M. Nagender had to be disqualified as MLA as per paragraph 2 (1) (a) of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution since he won as MLA on the BRS ticket. ‘Without resigning from the BRS party from which he got elected as MLA in December of 2023, he contested on the Congress ticket as MP from Secunderabad in May of 2024,’ the two petitioners argued. Nagender, nine other BRS MLAs eventually switched loyalty to the Congress party during March-August of 2024. Nagender and two other BRS MLAs who joined the Congress. Questioning the Division Bench’s order, the BRS party moved the Supreme Court. BJP MLA Maheshwar Reddy separately filed another petition against Mr.