Won’t take oath administered by Owaisi, say BJP netas of T’gana

Goshamahal BJP MLA-elect T Raja Singh refuses to take oath as AIMIM MLA-elect Akbaruddin Owaisi is appointed pro-tem speaker by governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. Singh alleges that CM A Revanth Reddy appointed Akbaruddin out of fear of AIMIM. Singh will only take oath when a full-time speaker is appointed. In 2018, Singh also did not take oath administered by an AIMIM pro-tem speaker. Akbaruddin was appointed due to being elected for the sixth term. Other MLAs with six terms include Uttam Kumar Reddy, Tummala Nageswara, Danam Nagender, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, and Pocharam Srinivas Reddy.