Bhubaneswar: The decision has been taken, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asserted about party’s pick Anumula Revanth Reddy as the next Chief Minister of Telangana.Congress likely to give official confirmation regarding Telangana CM by Tuesday evening.
The decision was taken during a meeting in Delhi attended by Rahul, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and national general secretary KC Venugopal, among others. A Congress Legislature Party meeting will be held in Hyderabad before the decision is announced, the NDTV reported.
Earlier, the 64 MLAs-elect had passed an online resolution authorising Kharge to choose the leader for Congress in Telangana.
According to media reports, Reddy might take CM’s oath on December 7. The swearing-in ceremony is likely to be held in Hyderabad’s LB Stadium. Senior Congress leaders Uttam Kumar Reddy and Bhatti Vikramarka might be given the Deputy Chief Minister post or some other portfolio, India Today reported.ABOUT A REVANTH REDDY
The Telangana Congress chief is credited with leading the party to a thumping win in the November 30 Assembly polls. The party won 64 of 119 seats riding high on its ‘Maarpu kavali Congress raavali’ (Change needed, Congress must come to power) slogan. The Congress had urged the people of Telangana to give it one chance to prove itself as they had already given two terms to KCR.
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