Jalagam Venkat Rao appeals to Telangana Assembly Secretary to recognise him as Kothagudem MLA
This is a moral victory. I met the Assembly Secretary and asked him to implement the judgement, said Venkata Rao
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NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:26 July 2023 2:16 PM GMT
HYDERABAD: A day after the Telangana High Court declared the election of Vanama Venkateswara Rao, MLA from Kothagudem Assembly constituency, as void, BRS Leader Jalagam Venkat Rao met the Telangana Assembly Secretary on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters, Venkat Rao said, "I had filed a petition against Vanama Venkateswara Rao in the High Court in 2019. The court heard the arguments and disqualified him. This is a moral victory. I met the Assembly Secretary and asked him to implement the judgement.
"I also spoke the Assembly Speaker over phone. I will continue to work for the BRS party and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao. Now that I have been made the MLA, I have an agenda for Kothagudem for the next three months," he added.
Vanama won the 2018 Assembly election from Kothagudem on a Congress ticket and secured 81,118 votes over his nearest rival Jalagam Venkat Rao of BRS who polled 76,979 votes. After becoming MLA, Vanama joined the BRS. The High Court judgement came even as the Election Commission of India is gearing up to hold Assembly polls in Telangana by this year-end.
