Hyderabad: TRS leaders are on tenterhooks over nominated posts. After initial allotment of some posts, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is now allotting posts in batches, after gaps of a month or more.
When party leaders had almost given up hope of posts in the near future, Mr Rao sprung a surprise by nominating his aide Seri Subhas Reddy as chairman of the TS Mineral Development Corporation.
The key corporation oversees development of mineral resources including exploration, exploitation and beneficiation, development of mineral industries with private participation and identification of best technology and investment for development of mineral resources.
“It really came as a surprise. Some said the CM kept nominated posts on hold for some time in view of huge demand from legislators and party leaders. But nomination of the TSMDC chairman was a big surprise,” a party legislator said.
Sources said some more nominated posts are in the offing soon. Prior to Mr Subhash Reddy, the CM gave the plum post of TSRTC chairman to MLA Somavarapu Satyanarayana. In April, he nominated Vemula Prashant Reddy as Mission Bhagiratha deputy chairman.
Devulapalli Prabhakar Rao as Chairman of Official Language Commission and TJAC activists Mallepalli Laxmaiah as special officer, Buddha Vanam project at Nagarjunasagar.
According to sources, Mr Rao has promised posts to politburo member Ellora Srinivas, C. Rakesh and others and whenever they meet him he assured them he kept them in mind.
Sources in TRS said pressure is building from not only existing party leaders, legislators but also new entrants to the TRS for posts. “Since some legislators got plum posts, many are waiting in the wings. Let’s see when KCR will pull it out,” said a senior TRS leader.
