HYDERABAD: For the first time after formation of Telangana state, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi appointed party presidents for all 33 districts. Among them, 19 MLAs, two MLCs, three ZP chairpersons and three MPs were chosen to head the party units at the district level.
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao announced the party presidents’ names on Wednesday. The state executive will also be announced soon. The district presidents were named ahead of K Chandrasekhar Rao’s district tours from the first week of February. Party sources said this is the first time that as many as 27 elected representatives were made party chiefs at the district level.
Three women — MP Maloth Kavitha (Mahabubabad), ZP chairperson Gandra Jyothi (Jayashankar Bhupalpally) and MLA Padma Devender Reddy (Medak) — got a chance to head the party units. Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath has been made party chief for Hyderabad district. The party leadership took care in ensuring social and caste composition in the appointments of presidents. But, many senior leaders, who aspired for the party posts, are reportedly unhappy with the appointments.
“The party president has taken a decision (on appointments) and no one should cross the party line. Those who work for the party will always get recognition,” minister and Karimnagar MLA Gangula Kamalakar said.
Party sources said K Chandrasekhar Rao took the decision to appoint district party presidents to get the party prepared for the 2023 assembly elections.
The MLAs who have been nominated as district presidents include Gopinath, Balka Suman (Mancherial), Jogu Ramanna (Adilabad), Koneru Konappa (Asifabad), K Vidyasagar (Jagtial) D Vinaya Bhaskar (Hanmakonda) and Padma Devender.
The three MPs who have been given the postings include Badugula Lingaiah Yadav (Suryapet), Kotha Prabhakar Reddy (Siddipet) and Kavitha. Two MLCs, Shambirpur Raju (Rangareddy) and Tata Madhusudhan (Khammam), were entrusted with the responsibility of heading the district units. A couple of leaders like former MPP Thota Agaiah (Rajanna Sircilla) and ex-DCMS chairman MK Mujeebuddin (Kamareddy) got an opportunity to head the party.
