Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao does not seem to be content with the decimation of the Telugu Desam Party in the region by admitting 12 of its MLAs into his party.
If sources in the party are to be believed, KCR is aiming at increasing his tally of MLAs to 100 out of the 119-members in the State Assembly.
With the official allotment of 12 TDP MLAs, the effective strength of the TRS has gone up to 78. It had won 63 seats in 2014 Assembly elections.
With the winning of Narayankhed by-elections, the strength has gone up to 64. Already, two Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs – A Indrakaran Reddy and Koneru Konappa – had merged with the TRS, taking its strength to 66. And with the 12 TDP members joining, the official strength has gone up to 78.
The TRS has already admitted four Congress MLAs – K Yadaiah, K Kanakaiah, Redya Naik and Vithal Reddy, besides two YSR Congress party MLAs – T Venkateshwarlu and Madan Lal. However, officially, they are yet to be declared as TRS members. But taking them into consideration, the effective strength of the TRS in the Assembly is 84.
Source said KCR is planning to increase this figure to 100, which means the TRS requires the support of another 16 MLAs.
There is going to be by-election to Sujathanagar Assembly constituency in Khammam district, which has fallen vacant due to the death of veteran Congress MLA Ramreddy Venkat Reddy.
Though the Opposition members on Friday demanded that the seat be left to the deceased MLA’s family member to get unopposed, KCR might not agree for the same. Otherwise, he may ask the family member to join the TRS and get elected unanimously.
Still he requires another 15 MLAs. While two more TDP legislators – R Krishnaiah and S Venkata Veeraiah might be trapped sooner or later, the TRS chief might target the Congress party to lure more MLAs into his kitty so as to fulfil his target in the next one year, sources said.
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