BRS leader Jalagam Venkat Rao is ready to become an MLA after the High Court disqualified sitting MLA Vanama Venkatateswara Rao. This happened because Vanama did not provide enough information in his election affidavit during the 2018 Assembly elections.
Venkat Rao’s lawyer stated that his client will meet with Assembly Speaker P Srinivas Reddy to discuss the court orders. Venkat Rao will ask the Speaker to intervene according to the court’s decision and allow him to take oath as the MLA. The High Court ruled in favor of Venkat Rao, who received the second highest number of votes after Vanama in the false affidavit case.
Vanama won the seat from Congress and later joined the BRS. There has been a political rivalry between BRS MLA Vanama Venkatateswara Rao and BRS leader Jalagam Venkat Rao in the Kothagudem assembly constituency for the past four years.
