A heavy weight in Telangana centric politics, Mr Srinivas’ return to one of the two Legislative bodies in the state, is likely to see Telangana Congress leaders rallying around him in the coming days, and more leaders deserting the Telangana Congress steering committee. Mr Srinivas is known as a staunch Congress loyalist who is sincere to the Telangana cause. Due to his seniority in the Telangana region, he is also likely to be inducted in the Cabinet whenever the Cabinet reshuffle takes place.
He will also likely to be chosen as Leader of the House in Council, a post held by the Chief Minister at present. Mr Srinivas’ candidature was finalised on Sunday midnight, and he filed his papers on Monday accompanied by several Congress ministers, MLAs and MPs. Since there was only one nomination from Mr Srinivas, his election for the lone MLC seat caused by the resignation of Mr K. Rosaiah will be unanimous. The remaining tenure for this MLC seat will be upto March 2015.
The surprise selection of the former PCC chief, Mr D. Srinivas, for the lone MLC seat, seems to have revealed a message from the Congress high command that it is not happy with the confrontationist attitude of the Telangana Congress Steering Committee. Mr Srinivas was defeated twice from the Nizamabad Assembly segment and the Congress seems to be keen on using his services to resolve the Telangana issue. The former PCC chief has been closely involved in framing the party’s policies on Telangana since the 2004 general elections and was instrumental in negotiating a pact with the TRS.
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