T’gana cabinet expansion on Feb 19

HYDERABAD: The much-awaited expansion of the Telangana cabinet headed by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao will take place on February 19.

KCR, as the chief minister is popularly called, met governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan on Friday and conveyed his decision to expand his council of ministers. He requested the governor to administer the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at 11.30 am on Tuesday. According to an official communication from the chief minister’s office (CMO), the auspicious muhurtham at which the cabinet expansion would be done falls on Magha Shuddha Pournami (full moon day). “The chief minister instructed the officials concerned to make necessary arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers,” the CMO spokesman said.

The cabinet expansion is being done more than two months after KCR took over as chief minister for a second successive term after last December’s Telangana elections. HTC