As expected, rebel legislative council member from Warangal Konda Murali, husband of former minister and YSR Congress party leader Konda Surekha, has been disqualified from his council membership.
The disqualification was announced by Legislative Council chairman A Chakrapani on Monday, following a complaint from the Congress party that Murali was resorting to anti-party activities by joining hands with the YSR Congress party. He was already suspended from the Congress party and the council chairman had heard his version after issuing him a disqualification notice.
Murali and Surekha were the close followers of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and after the latter’s death, they joined the camp of YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Surekha, who represented Parkal constitutency, was disqualified earlier but she had lost the by-elections to the assembly.
Murali is the first MLC to be disqualified. Another Congress MLC S V Mohan Reddy also joined the Jagan camp, but he had resigned from his membership even before his disqualification petition is pending before the council chairman. The disqualification petition against another MLC Jupudi Prabhakar Rao is still pending, while that against Pulla Padmavathi has been withdrawn after she returned to the Congress party.
