KCR BITES THE BALLOT, DISSOLVES ASSEMBLY
Guv Narasimhan asks KCR to continue as caretaker CM
Ending weeks of speculation and anxiety, Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan dissolved the first Telangana state Assembly eight months ahead of its full term on Thursday. Issuing a gazette notification to the effect, he asked CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his Council of Ministers to continue as a caretaker government.
Earlier, Mr Rao chaired a Cabinet meeting which passed a one-line resolution requesting the Governor to dissolve the Assembly. After the Cabinet meeting, which lasted four minutes, Mr Rao went to Raj Bhavan and presented the resolution to the Governor during a 20-minute meeting.
After the Governor accepted the resolution, Raj Bhavan issued the gazette notification within minutes on dissolution of the Assembly. Raj Bhavan also communicated the dissolution of the House to the Assembly Secretariat and the Election Commission.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary S.K. Joshi issued a notification on Mr Rao and his Cabinet continuing in a caretaker capacity.
The caretaker government will continue till the new government is formed or for six months, whichever is earlier.
Hyderabad: AICC general secretary and Telangana state Congress affairs incharge R.C. Khuntia sharply reacted to caretaker Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao calling Congress President Rahul Gandhi a buffoon. He said only a buffoon could talk like this. Mr Rao was scared by Mr Gandhi’s Telangana visit and had dissolved the Assembly. Mr Khuntia called Mr Rao a “big dictator and Hitler”. He said only a dictator could behave like this. Mr Khuntia said Mr Rao was a dangerous dictator, and the dissolution had ended the dictatorship in the state.