Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has cleared the names of Prof. M. Kodandaram and Amer Ali Khan, Joint Editor of Siasat Urdu newspaper, as Members of Legislative Council (MLC) under the Governor’s quota.
The names were sent by the Congress government last month, and after considering their background and also taking legal opinion into account, the Governor cleared their names. The Governor had earlier rejected the names suggested by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government – Dasoju Sravan and Kurra Satyanarayana citing their political affiliations.
In this background, there were doubts over clearing the name of Prof. Kodandaram as he heads a political party. However, legal experts suggested to the Governor that Prof. Kodandaram was a social activist and human rights activist much before he came into politics. Moreover, he shot to fame during the Telangana agitation after all the political parties agreed to make him the Chairman of the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC).
