B Vinod Kumar asks Centre to amend anti-defection law
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Former BRS MP B Vinod Kumar urged the Indian government to amend the anti-defection law to include a three-month deadline for resolving disqualification petitions.
Telangana TodayThe brief
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- B Vinod Kumar requested that the central government amend the Tenth Schedule to prevent the indefinite delay of disqualification petitions.
- He specifically proposed a mandatory three-month deadline for deciding such cases.
- The suggestion follows an Association for Democratic Reforms report that identified 111 representatives who changed parties between 2022 and 2026.
- This proposal aims to address concerns regarding the integrity of electoral mandates after legislators switch parties.
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- The Hindu — Telangana[1]Congress, BJP responsible for defections in country: BRS
- Telangana Today[2]B Vinod Kumar asks Centre to amend anti-defection law
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B. Vinod Kumar
Senior leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi and former MP
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“devils quoting scriptures and ghosts chanting/reciting vedic hymns”
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…HYDERABAD Senior leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and former MP B. Vinod Kumar termed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders comments on defections as ‘ devils quoting scriptures and ghosts chanting/reciting vedic hymns ’ and condemned their allegations against BRS. Suggesting BJP State president N. Ramchander Rao and Union Minister Bandi Sanjay to look back into their party affairs encouraging defections and the history of defections…
“It was the Congress and BJP that could be held responsible for encouraging political defections in the country.”
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…Mr. Vinod Kumar said on Friday that according to a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) 111 elected representatives MPs and MLAs had defected to BJP and its alliance partners and to the Congress. It was the Congress and BJP that could be held responsible for encouraging political defections in the country. In combined Andhra Pradesh, the defections had commenced during the tenure of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy as the Chief Minister and they are continuing so far. Mr. Vinod Kumar said the support vote of people was not a…
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