With the appointment of Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s son and Siricilla MLA K T Rama Rao as the working president of the party, there is a talk in some sections of the media as to whether he would not be given a berth in the Telangana cabinet.
The doubt has been raised following the statement of KCR at the TRS executive committee meeting held at Telangana Bhavan on Friday afternoon.
The chief minister said KTR would be available to the party full-time from Saturday and would dedicate his entire time for the strengthening of the party at all levels.
This led to the talk as to whether KTR would not be taken into the cabinet.
“Going by the developments, it is unlikely that KTR will become a minister. But he would enjoy more powers than ministers, as he would decide the fate of several cabinet aspirants.
He would also take up the responsibility of filling up of nominated posts and other positions,” a political observer said.
However, there is a different argument. Nothing would prevent KTR from becoming a minister, just because he is appointed as party’s working president.
“If he is nurturing the ambitions of becoming the next chief minister if KCR moves to Delhi, he has to be in the cabinet and control the administration.
When KCR could handle the party and the government for over four and a half years, why can’t KTR run the party while continuing in the cabinet?” a party leader argued.
