TRS likely to join govt in Andhra

After successfully bargaining for Cabinet berths at the Centre, the Telangana Rashtriya Samithi
is all set to join the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet and is also understood to be eyeing for the deputy speaker's post.

"Our presence in the government will help achieve our goal of separate Telangana faster... It will be wise to join the government," senior TRS leader Santhosh Reddy said.
    
TRS, with 26 MLAs in the house had an electoral tie-up with Congress and nearly swept the Telangana region along with the Left parties only with a handful of TDP MLAs returning successful.
    
The Telangana party which won five of the six Lok Sabha seats it contested, has two representatives in the Union Cabinet -- TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao getting a Cabinet berth and his deputy A Narendra being Minister of State.
    
Rao, who was also elected to assembly from Siddipet and elected legislature party leader, will be quitting the seat.
    
It's likely that TRS may ask for five Cabinet berths in the state Cabinet and also put forth its demand for deputy speaker's post, party sources said.
    
Chief Minister Y S Rajsekhar Reddy, who formed his 24-member Cabinet leaving much room for expansion, left some of the districts unrepresented, dissent in the Cabinet notwithstanding.