Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who could not keep his word in the cabinet expansion, has finally got into trouble even in the allocation of portfolios to the new ministers. He was in New Delhi on the invitation of the high command for three days, but there was no shortage of trouble. He has reportedly tried miserably to change the key portfolios of two ministers, but the Delhi elders did not agree.
Moreover, Revanth himself had to give up the key portfolios like Mines that he had. Vivek Venkata Swamy had to be allotted the mines portfolio. He made a great effort to cover up the trouble he faced after his word did not prevail on the change of portfolios.
The government issued orders on Wednesday night allocating the mining and labour portfolios to Gaddam Vivek Venkataswamy, the SC, ST and Minority Welfare portfolios to Adluri Laxman Kumar, and the animal husbandry, sports and youth affairs portfolios to Vakiti Srihari.
Revanth Reddy claimed that he did not come to Delhi to discuss the actual portfolio allocation, but to explain the caste census held in Telangana to the Karnataka CM and Deputy CM, just to cover up his setback in the allocation of ministerial portfolios.
He asked the media in Delhi that how will a decision be taken on the allocation of portfolios without the Deputy CM and party affairs in-charge? He said that he would go to Hyderabad to discuss and allocate the portfolios. But portfolios were allocated soon after his arrival in Hyderabad.
Revanth Reddy claimed that he had given a presentation on the caste census to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, in the presence of Mallikarjuna Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. However, the photos released by the Congress show only Rahul, Kharge and Karnataka leaders.
If what Revanth Reddy said is true, questions are being raised as to why he is not in those photos? When Delhi reporters asked the CM about the same, he asked how he would be in the photo if he was giving a presentation. Moreover, while CM Revanth Reddy left for Delhi on Monday, Karnataka leaders arrived on Tuesday.
Whoever meets Congress leader Rah ul Gandhi in Delhi, that photo soon goes viral on social media. An example of this is the recent release of photos of PCC chief Mahesh Kumar Goud’s family meeting. And questions are being raised as to why the photo with Revanth Reddy is not coming out?
