Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker has disqualified 16 Congress MLAs who had voted against the party government during a no-trust motion in December last year. These MLAs, owing allegiance to YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Redy had disobeyed the party whip and voted against the Kiran Reddy government in a trust vote in December 2011. They were disqualified under the provisions of anti-defection law. The speaker also accepted the resignation of Praja Rajyam Party MLA B Sobha Nagi Reddy who too had backed Jagan. The development brings down the strength of Congress from 154 to 137 in a house of 294.
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