Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and chief minister A Revanth Reddy left for New Delhi in a special flight on Tuesday morning, his first Delhi tour after taking over the reins of the state.
The chief minister would make a courtesy call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seek his support to the state in all aspects. It is customary for any new chief minister to meet the Prime Minister on his or her first visit to the national capital.
But, according to the Congress party sources, the primary objective of Revanth to visit New Delhi is to get the endorsement of the party high command to the list of ministers to be inducted into the cabinet in the second phase of expansion.
He would meet top Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the cabinet expansion.
“He already has in his mind the list of people to be inducted into the cabinet and he has to get the endorsement from the high command,” sources said.
According to these sources, those who are likely to make it to the cabinet include Mohd Shabbir Ali or P Sudershan Reddy from Nizamabad, G Vinod or K Prem Sagar Rao from Adilabad, Malreddy Ranga Reddy or P Rammohan Reddy from Ranga Reddy, C Vamsi Krishna from Wanaparthy, Vemula Veeresham from Nakirekal and K Madan Mohan Rao from Yella Reddy.
A couple of Congress leaders, who lost their seats by a small margin, like Mohd Ali Shabbir and A Chandrasekhar, also may be considered for the cabinet berths and they could be nominated to the state legislative council later.
The chief minister would also discuss with the high command the leaders to be elected to the legislative council under Governor’s quota and MLAs’ quota.
“He would also discuss with the party leadership over filling up of various corporation chairpersons and other nominated posts with suitable leaders,” sources said.