Telangana: Gadwal’s turncoat MLA ridiculed over clumsy attempts to evade disqualification

Fear of disqualification from Assembly can make MLAs do strange things. The Gadwal MLA who defected to Congress had lodged a police complaint against some people for adding his photo to flexis of Congress party in last February, but now he himself used Congress leaders in an X post

Hyderabad: Gadwal MLA Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy found himself at the centre of social media ridicule after posting Maha Shivaratri greetings featuring photographs of Congress leaders, despite his recent attempts to distance himself from the party fearing disqualification. He is one of the 10 BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress, who now appear to be walking a tightrope, caught between their past affiliations and the current compulsions.

Krishnamohan Reddy, who was elected on a BRS ticket but later defected to the ruling Congress, had lodged a police complaint on February 11, against unknown individuals for using his images on Congress flex boards without his permission. In his complaint, he insisted that he remained a BRS MLA and claimed a conspiracy was underway to mislead the public about his political affiliation.

However, his Shivaratri greetings post on Wednesday contradicted his own stance. The posters prominently featured Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, A Revanth Reddy and other Congress leaders, while conspicuously omitting BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao, working president KT Rama Rao and other senior BRS leaders, with whom he claims to be associated.

The irony did not go unnoticed, as netizens ridiculed the Gadwal MLA, suggesting him to file a case against himself for misrepresenting his political affiliation. The incident has further indicated the unease among defected MLAs, especially after the Supreme Court took up a petition seeking their disqualification. The apex court is likely to give its verdict on or after March 3.