KCR rests old guard, bets big on greenhorns

Hyderabad | Tuesday | 19th February, 2019

Summary:

These two factors clinched the issue for the 10 ministers who made it to KCR’s cabinet . The composition of the cabinet reveals that KCR did not ignore the voices that were raised during the previous regime that those who had joined the TRS from the TDP were given importance. In a sense, caste equations didn’t prove to be a big factor when the CM took six new faces and retained four others.Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who was included in the ministry again, has, in recent times, became ‘Mr Dependable’ for KCR. Ch Malla Reddy, who was elected on a TDP ticket from Malkajgiri in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, shifted to the TRS and backed the CM to the hilt. HYDERABAD: Loyalty and trust..