Telangana Rashtra Samiti legislature Party on Saturday unanimously elected K Chandrasekhar Rao, as its leader setting in motion the process of forming the first Government in Telangana.
The TRS has emerged winner in the State Assembly elected by bagging 63 of the 119 seats.S Rajaiah, a senior Dalit legislator proposed KCR's name and it was seconded by Koppula Eshwar, E Rajinder and Srinivas Goud, two of them Dalits. It was significant that Dalit members proposed and seconded KCR's name as he had initially promised to make a Dalit leader the first CM of the new State.
Briefing the media after the legislature party meeting, party secretary general K Keshav Rao said that the resolution electing KCR as the leader will be submitted to Governor ESl Narasimhan on Sunday.However, swearing-in of 60-year-old KCR and his cabinet will have to wait till after June 2 when Telangana and Seemandh-ra will be formally inaugurated.
E Rajinder, who was party's leader in the last Assembly said that the welfare of the people and development of the new State will be the top priority of the new Government. “Waiving the debt of the farmers will be the first promise our Government will implement,” he told the reporters.Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party, which has put up stunning performance by winning 15 seats in the State Assembly elections, had also started exercise of electing its floor leader. Senior leader discussed the issue with party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday.
Party sources said that three leaders R Krishnaiah, Revant Reddy and E Dayakar Rao were in the race for the post. R Krishnaiah, a backward class leader was in the forefront as his name was announced as party's chief ministerial candidate by Naidu during the campaign.
However, other seniors were unhappy with this idea.listing out the other priorities of the TRS Government, Rajinder said that along with the Information Technology the Government will also focus on the industrialisation in the State. "We will make Hyderabad a world famous city and an attractive destination for the investors to ensure rapid development. Our focus will be on the reconstruction of Telangana," he said.
Party will also pay attention on development of agriculture sector, effective utilisation of water and other resources, he said. "We will work the way people want," he added.The Congress, which won 22 seats, was likely to handpick K Jana Reddy as its legislature party leader as the State Congress president Ponnala lakshmaiah and many other contenders of the leadership have lost the elections.