KCR Assumes Office as First Chief Minister of Telangana: Harish Rao, KTR and Eetela Rajender in KCR Cabinet
Kalvakunta Chandrasekhar Rao has taken oath as the first chief minister of 29th state of India, Telangana. The event was organized in Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. Governor Narasimhan presided over the swearing-in ceremony.
Hyderabad: KCR too oath on the name of God in Telugu. The ceremony was held at .15 am in Raj Bhavan. Along with him, the cabinet minister who took oath is Mahmood Ali and T Rajaiah. After the ceremony, KCR will speak at Parade Grounds.
Apart from KCR other members who took oath are Mahmood Ali, Dr. Tatikonda Rajaiah, Nayani Narsimha Reddy, Eetela Rajender, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Tanneeru Harish Rao, T Padma Rao, Patnam Mahender Reddy, Kalvakuntla Taraka Ramarao, Jogu Ramanna, Guntakatla Jagadeeshwar Reddy. Mohamood Ali took oath in Urdu. There is no woman minister for now in the cabinet of KCR.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by both congress and BJP leaders Bandaru Dattatreya, Kishan Reddy, Nadendla Manohar, Yadava Reddy, Asaduddin brothers, Kodanda Ram and his wife, CPI Narayana, Gutta Jwala, Telangana writers, political analyzers, TRS MLAs and MPs.
Kalvakuntal Chandrasekhar Rao, KCR is the president of Telangana Rashtra Samiti party which fought for the cause of separate Telangana state for more than a decade. UPA government bifurcated Andhra Pradesh though it was criticized to have been done against the wishes of people of Rayalaseema and Andhra region.
Appointed day of Telangana state is June 2 which is celebrated by supporters of Telangana. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are under president rule and it is revoked in Telangana with KCR took over as chief minister.
In the recently held assembly elections, Telangana Rashtra Samiti managed to secure 63 seats out of 119 seats and was invited by the governor to form the government.
This was the first time in the history of India that a region with capital city was demanding a separate state. The bifurcation was made hastily by Congress government and the residual Andhra Pradesh now has no capital city and has a deficit budget.
Uneasy calm prevailed as Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are separated officially. Some issues are to be sorted out between the two states and the major thing is Polavaram project. TRS is opposing the ordinance which transfers few villages of Khammam districts to Seemandhra.
