Beeda emerges frontrunner for TTD chairman post

  • | Wednesday | 19th July, 2017

BJP leader Bhanu Prakash Reddy is likely to get another chance.Caste considerations will play a major role in picking the TTD Board members. Sudha Murty, who was appointed as the TTD Board member a few months ago, will be given fresh appointment. "As the CM has a good rapport with both of them, those recommendations are likely to be obliged," the sources said.A total number of 18 TTD Board members will be appointed by the end of July. He wants to go with a BC candidate to replace Chadalavada Krishnamurthy who also hails from a BC community (Rayalaseema Balija). Leaving five members, who are officials, the remaining three will be allotted under MLA/MLC quota and one in the SC category.

Vijayawada: Finally, Beeda Mastan Rao of Nellore has emerged as the frontrunner for the prestigious post of Titrumala Tirupati Desthanam ( TTD chairman , according to reliable sources.Though two months have elapsed since the end of the TTD Board's tenure, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu kept everybody guessing with TDP MPs Rayapati Sambasiva Rao and M Murali Mohan, N Harikrshna and retired IAS officer Lakshmi Narayana did the rounds.Sources say that the TDP supremo is relying more on caste equations in filling one of the tops slots in the state. He wants to go with a BC candidate to replace Chadalavada Krishnamurthy who also hails from a BC community (Rayalaseema Balija). Beeda Mastan Rao belongs to Yadava community which is strongly behind the TDP.TDP leaders are of the opinion that the CM does not want to antagonise the BC communities in the wake of Kapus' agitation for reservation. Mastan Rao also qualifies the new norm in TDP that no leader will get two positions.Sources told TOI that the CM may oblige at least three recommendations for the post of TTD Board members, two from Union minister Uma Bharati and one from BJP national president Amit Shah. "As the CM has a good rapport with both of them, those recommendations are likely to be obliged," the sources said.A total number of 18 TTD Board members will be appointed by the end of July. Sudha Murty, who was appointed as the TTD Board member a few months ago, will be given fresh appointment. BJP leader Bhanu Prakash Reddy is likely to get another chance.Caste considerations will play a major role in picking the TTD Board members. Leaving five members, who are officials, the remaining three will be allotted under MLA/MLC quota and one in the SC category. Two members (male, female) will be in the general category. Another member will be a prominent person and the rest will be from the general category. The decision is expected by July-end, it is reliably learnt.A MOVE TO APPEASE BCs?* Earlier, names of Rayapati, Murali Mohan do the rounds* CM learnt to have been weighing caste options in filling the post* Nellore-based Mastan Rao belongs to Yadava community* Outgoing TTD chief belongs to Balija community* CM not to upset BCs in the backdrop of Kapu' stir for quota

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