HYDERABAD: After governor Tamilisai Soundararajan hinted that she may not approve candidature of Huzurabad TRS leader P Kaushik Reddy as an MLC any time soon, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao might soon call on the governor, seeking approval of the file. He is likely to explain to her that this is not the first time political personalities have been nominated as MLCs under the governor quota and got clearances from her predecessors.
Sources in the government said KCR did not want any rift with the governor on the issue. “The governor also categorically stated during her interaction with the media that she had good relations with the CM. She only said she will scrutinise whether Kaushik Reddy’s nomination comes under social service quota or not,” a senior CMO official recalled.
Officials said the CM is planning to meet her not only on Kaushik Reddy’s issue but for other reasons too. KCR could not meet the governor personally to convey his condolences after her mother passed away on August 18. Though he tried to call on her, the governor had been shuttling between Hyderabad and Puducherry as she also holds additional charge as lieutenant governor of the Union territory.
Official sources said the CM wanted to meet Tamilisai Soundararajan after he returned from Delhi on Thursday (September 9). But the governor left for Puducherry as the assembly is in session in that state. After taking over as lieutenant governor of Puducherry, she has been staying three to four days in the Union territory and three days in Hyderabad. She is expected to come back to Hyderabad in the middle of next week.
“It is a general practice when CM goes to Delhi and meets PM and other important personalities at the Centre, he apprises the governor on the developments and issues. In this case, KCR would likely to meet her. When ESL Narasimhan was governor, the CM had followed the same convention,” sources in the CMO said.
Meanwhile, the CM might also convey the state government’s intention to hold an assembly session after Ganesh immersion and request her to issue the formal notification.
