YSR Congress got a relief after Speaker disqualified 16 MLAs belonging to Jagan party ,ending the long suspense, the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker on Friday disqualified 16 rebel lawmakers belonging to the ruling Congress party who were loyal to YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
The speaker has also accepted the resignation of another Jagan loyalist Shoba Nagi Reddy of Praja Rajyam Party.A statement about the disqualification was released from the office of Speaker Nandendla Manohar on Friday night.
Congress had sought the disqualification of the legislators for violating the party whip and voting in favour of opposition Telugu Desam Party’s no-confidence motion against the government in the assembly last December.
With the speaker’s move, 17 seats in 294-member house have fallen vacant. The election commission will now initiate the process to fill the vacancies by holding by-elections within six months. Congress sources says that Kirob Kumar Reddy has took the permission from high command ,He expressed his hapiness on speakers decision .
Meanwhile grape wine sourcess expect that Jagan Mohan Reddy will be arrested once elections for these 17 seats are announced or he may be arrested atleast a month before the election.