Defection case parked till Aug 12. Again.
Seven MLAs elected on BRS tickets, now with Congress, remain in court-limbo. The Speaker’s Tribunal wanted more time; the bench gave it — and set August 12. What happened on that date? The public record doesn’t say yet.
The defection petitions remain listed for August 12, with no later public outcome in the record reviewed.
News, not verdict: according to a July 22 report, the Telangana High Court adjourned the batch of petitions challenging the Speaker’s dismissal of disqualification pleas against seven MLAs who won on BRS tickets and later joined Congress, posting them to August 12, 2026, after the Speaker’s Tribunal sought more time to file records (IndToday). That’s the documented part.
The case names are not new: T. Prakash Goud, Tellam Venkat Rao, Arekapudi Gandhi, Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy, Kale Yadaiah, Danam Nagender and P. (Parige/Pocharam) Srinivas Reddy — all originally elected on BRS tickets and now with the Congress — were issued notices along with Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar back on March 25–26 by a division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin, which tagged the BJP floor leader Alleti Maheshwar Reddy’s plea with the BRS petitions (The Hans India; Indian Express). On May 7 the court granted more time; on June 26 it gave a “final” three weeks to file replies and produce the original dismissal orders (New Indian Express). Final, in the Indian sense of the word.
What the record does not show — yet — is what actually happened on August 12. No fresh High Court order, cause-list outcome or hearing note has surfaced in the material reviewed. So the status today is exactly what the Congress-run side would rather it be: suspended between adjournments, with the seven still sitting and the Speaker’s Tribunal still central to the delay. If the BJP-led Centre wants to lecture anyone about defection purity, it can start by asking why Telangana’s case keeps getting time, not answers.