The date seems to have been finally fixed for Telangana Assembly cabinet expansion. It is said that the expansion that has been pending for a while will finally happen after Ugadi.
The High Command is also said to have given the green signal for expansion.
Though there is place for six members, four MLAs will be inducted this time. One will be made chief whip and another will be given deputy speaker.
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The Congress High Command is considering Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, Sudarshan Reddy, Prem Sagar Rao, Vijayashanti, Vakati Srihari and Gaddam Vivek.
At the same time, talk is rife that two ministers will be shown the door after the re- shuffle. One of them is Konda Surekha and the other is Jupally Krishna Rao.
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The High Command is said to be considering various combinations to appease as many as possible. CM Revanth Reddy, Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka, TPCC chief Mahesh Kumar Goud and Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy held discussions for about two hours with the High Command regarding the issue.
Four cabinet berths will be filled, while two will be left vacant as mentioned earlier. The High Command is hoping to send a strong signal out into people about ensuring social justice.
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Only recently, the Telangana Congress has passed the BC and SC classification Bill in the Assembly. On the same note, it intends to carry out the filling of cabinet seats.
The High Command intends to come up with a decision by Ugadi. That's the reason behind the Telangana leaders being called to Delhi, say sources.
Meanwhile, it has to be noted that Hyderabad, Adilabad, Rangareddy and Nizamabad have no representation in the cabinet. Due to this lot of leaders from different communities are in the race.
Sudarshan Reddy in Nizamabad, Prem Sagar and Vivek in Adilabad, Vakati Srihari Mudiraj in combined Mahabubnagar and Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy from Nalgonda are in the race.
There are also rumours that Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy was promised a cabinet berth if he helped in Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy in becoming a MP. With Chamala's victory, Komatireddy is confident, he will get a berth. CM Revanth Reddy is also looking to get Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy into the cabinet.
The name of Vijayashanti, who won from the MLA quota MLC seat, is also in consideration, say political sources.