Leader of the Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council D Srinivas on Saturday sought the disqualification of five Congress MLCs who joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi recently.
DS had a meeting with Assembly Secretary S Raja Sadaram on Saturday. He said the Congress party had sought the disqualification of KR Amos, Jagadishwar Reddy, V. Bhupal Reddy, Bhanuprasad and N Rajalingam as members of Telangana Legislative Council.
He said those MLCs were elected or appointed to the post on the Congress party's banner. Therefore, they should be disqualified as MLCs as they cease to be the Congress members.
DS alleged that the ruling party was encouraging defections in Congress party. He said that legal action was also being initiated against the rebel MLCs.
