Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA from Kothagudem Vanama Venkateshwar Rao, who was disqualified from his assembly membership by the state high court on Tuesday for the wrong affidavit on his properties, received yet another setback on Thursday.
The Telangana high court has dismissed a petition filed by Vanama seeking a stay on the operation of the earlier judgement setting aside his election to the Legislative Assembly from Kothagudem constituency.
Dr Justice Radha Rani of the high court had set aside Vanama’s election and declared his nearest rival and petitioner Jalagam Venkat Rao as elected to the assembly from the assembly segment from December 12, 2018.
The court had also imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on Venkateshwar Rao for not giving complete property details of himself and his wife in Form 26 to the Election Commission.
According to Kutumbaka Ramesh, the advocate who represented Venkat Rao, the Thursday’s petition was also moved in the court of Dr Justice Radha Rani, who dismissed the petition. Venkateshwar Rao had pleaded for suspension of operation of the ‘set-aside’ order stating that he would like to approach the Supreme Court.
Jalagam Venkat Rao had contested to the Kothagudem assembly constituency representing the then Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), but lost to his Congress rival Vanama Venkateshwar Rao.
Venkageshwar Rao had later joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), now rechristened as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
