HYDERABAD: Telangana Cabinet led by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao recommended the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly last week. Rao, along with some of his Cabinet colleagues proceeded to the Raj Bhavan, to meet Governor ESL Narasimhan and submit a copy of the resolution for further proceedings. While accepting the recommendation, the Governor asked Rao and his Council of Ministers to continue as a caretaker government. Rao has agreed to the request.
The meeting that lasted 22 minutes witnessed the Chief Minister and his colleagues endorsing the resolution. The Cabinet reportedly passed a single line resolution recommending the dissolution of the House. This brings down on the TRS Government that lasted for four years, three months and four days since the swearing in of Rao on June 2, 2014. In the 119-member Assembly, the TRS won 63 seats on its own, while close to two dozens MLAs from other parties subsequently switched loyalties to the ruling party.
Rao's government seems to be in favour of early assembly elections, ahead of the parliamentary elections. Political analysts feel this could leave options open for the ruling party, to draw suitable equations with rival political parties like BJP during the parliamentary elections. They also believe the current state government would like to have the assembly elections out of the way, and with the outcome try and improve its bargaining power with the BJP at the centre.
Chief Minister Rao had earlier this year, made a strong pitch for his government's performance in Hyderabad. He talked of the progress made on various fronts and said that Telangana should not be considered a small state as it is bigger than states like West Bengal and Bihar in terms of land area and there are 17 states that are smaller than Telangana.
