Senior Congress leader and former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Thursday advised Telangana Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy to learn from his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Tammineni Sitaram on how to discourage defections.
Shabbir Ali welcomed the thoughts of Sitaram who said he would strictly implement the Anti-Defection Law in letter and spirit.
The Speaker told media in Amaravati that any legislator who was intending to switch party should first resign from his post and re-approach the electorates.
The Congress leader said that Sitaram had delivered an impressive and amazing speech after his election on the morals, ethics and principals to be followed in the legislature.
“The Andhra speaker has clearly indicated that any legislator who wishes to change his party would be automatically disqualified. Such a statement would go a long way in strengthening the democratic form of government,” he said.
He advised Pocharam Srinivas Reddy to learn from Sitaram and act as per the Law instead of following the dictates of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao.
He also criticised former Speaker Madhusudan Chary who remained a mute spectator to defection of 25 opposition MLAs to TRS. Consequently, he said people have rejected Madhusudana Chary and punished him with a humiliating defeat.
“Pocharam would also meet the same fate if he disobeys the Constitution to obey the orders of KCR,” Shabbir said.
