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Due to a lack of consensus among the 64 victorious MLAs of the Congress party in Telangana for choosing the Chief Minister, the swearing-in ceremony was delayed on Monday.. Arrangements were made at Raj Bhavan on December 4 for A Revanth Reddy, the chief of the Congress state unit, and several other ministers, including a deputy chief minister, to take the oath of office as chief minister...
The state party chief to take up the role of the CM was opposed by Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sridhar Babu, and the Komatireddy brothers, a leader with knowledge of the situation told TOI...
After a meeting of several AICC observers including Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar and AICC in-charge of Telangana Manikrao Thakre in Hyderabad, it was decided that the final decision will be left on the party's high command, which includes party President Kharge, to decide on the CM, deputy CM and the cabinet...
According to sources, most MLAs backed Revanth, although a few named Bhatti, Uttam Kumar Reddy, and Sridhar Babu as possible chief ministers...
Congress' Dalit CM face, Mallu Bhatti, apparently objected the idea of having several deputy chief ministers..
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