Hyderabad, May 3: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, who is on a holiday in Shimla along with his family, has reportedly asked his political aide and Rajya Sabha member, Dr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, to start preparations for the next Cabinet formation.
Dr Reddy is confident of the Congress coming back to power and has asked Dr Rao to be ready with a list of names for all political appointments including the Cabinet. According to sources, this will come in handy when the poll results are out on May 16. The Chief Minister is expected to be in Delhi at that time to be help the party high command if the UPA is in a position to form the government again and play a key role in mobilising support from other parties if the need arises.
“There will be no time left for any meaningful exercise after May 16 due to hectic political activity both at the Centre and the state. That is why we would like to finish the exercise in advance so that depending on the results some changes can be made in the list,” sources said.
It is mandatory for Congress Chief Ministers to get this list approved by the party president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi after due consultations with her political aide Mr Ahmed Patel.
Meanwhile, Dr Ram-achandra Rao’s peshi in the Secretariat was abuzz with political activity on Sunday. Several party leaders met him and apprised him about the political situation and poll trends in their respective segments. Many of them submitted their particulars to Dr Rao requesting him to consider them for political appointments.
According to sources, the state leadership had enough inputs on segment-wise projections of the party’s strength in the recently concluded elections, the performance of party leaders, those worked for and against the party’s official nominees. All this will be considered while preparing the list for political appointments, the source added.
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