The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, is doing a tricky balancing act, juggling between experienced hands and newcomers and working out caste combinations in his new cabinet which will be sworn in at 6 pm on Monday.
Dr Reddy, accompanied by his friend and MP, Dr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, left for Delhi for the fourth time in a week to get the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s approval for the list of ministers. Before he meets Mrs Gandhi at noon on Sunday, Dr Reddy will meet Mr Veerappa Moily, the party’s AP incharge.
Mr Moily, who was who was sworn-in as Union minister on Friday, added to Dr Reddy’s problems by suggesting on Friday that he should include Mr D. Srinivas in his team. Mr Srinivas lost his own election but led the Congress to victory in the state.
Sources said Dr Reddy did not comment on Mr Moily’s idea and left it to Mrs Gandhi to decide. Dr Reddy initially intended to form a 25- to 30-strong ministry, taking in both young and experienced MLAs. Dr Reddy may not take back all the 18 outgoing ministers — the G-18 — in light of the new realities in the districts they represent.
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