The Telangana High Court on Wednesday continued hearing petitions filed by BRS and BJP leaders challenging the Speaker’s decision to reject disqualification pleas against 10 BRS MLAs accused of defecting to the Congress. Mohiuddin of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday continued hearing petitions challenging the Speaker’s decision rejecting disqualification pleas against 10 BRS MLAs who allegedly defected to the Congress. Reliance was also placed on an earlier High Court judgment holding that contesting an election on the ticket of another political party after being elected on the ticket of one party could amount to voluntarily giving up membership of the original party.