BRS files affidavits against defected MLAs, demands Speaker actionBRS submitted affidavits to the Assembly seeking disqualification of 10 defected MLAs and pressed the Speaker for early by-elections. The party declared that by-elections were inevitable in 10 constituencies of defected MLAs who were bound to lose their mandate for betraying voters. Former Minister and BRS MLA G Jagadish Reddy, accompanied by MLAs K Sanjay and Padi Kaushik Reddy, filed affidavits with the Assembly secretary seeking action against the turncoat MLAs. Addressing mediapersons at the Assembly media point, Jagadish Reddy accused the turncoat MLAs of betraying their voters by defecting to the Congress. Reacting to remarks by Kadiyam Srihari that the Speaker would decide each MLA’s affiliation, Jagadish Reddy said the people’s judgment mattered the most.