Hyderabad: Concerned about Harish Rao’s political future, supporters throng his residence

Ch Sushil Rao / Dec 15, 2018, 11:32 IST

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A day after K T Rama Rao was appointment working president of the TRS, supporters of T Harish Rao are concerned about his future.

Hyderabad: Concerned about Harish Rao’s political future, supporters throng his residence

A large number of the Siddipet legislator’s supporters made a beeline to the ministers quarters in the city to show solidarity with their leader.

HYDERABAD: A day after K T Rama Rao was appointed working president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), supporters of T Harish Rao are concerned about his future.
A large number of the Siddipet legislator’s supporters made a beeline to the minister's quarters in the city to show solidarity with their leader.

Harish Rao’s next move will be watched as anointing KTR as working president by party president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has caused heartburn among those close to Harish Rao.

It was a clear case of the father preferring the son over his nephew who was with him right from the time TRS was launched in 2001.

Everything appeared to be cordial on Friday as KTR drove down to Harish Rao’s residence to pay a courtesy call on him after it was announced that KTR was appointed working president of TRS by KCR.
Harish Rao was away when KTR dropped by and returned home to meeting a waiting KTR. He later made a formal statement talking to the media that he would work together with KTR.

Harish Rao’s facial expression, however, gave an indication of his mixed emotions as there was no smile on his face.

In the previous government Harish Rao, KCR’s nephew, was irrigation minister while KTR was IT minister. KCR was sworn in as CM on December 13 along with another minister Mahmood Ali who was given the home portfolio. The cabinet expansion, it was announced, will take place in a week.
Supporters of Harish Rao who won with the highest majority in the state and also contributed to the TRS victory in many constituencies are now keeping their fingers crossed on what importance he would be given in the party and especially the government. The question that is haunting them is whether Harish Rao will be inducted into the cabinet at all.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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