First Telangana CM Should Be A Dalit: Sarve

Union Minister Sarve Satyanarayana on Tuesday demanded that the first Chief Minister of the Telangana state be a Dalit.

Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan here, Sarve Satyanarayana said that the Congress High Command should consider elevating a Dalit to the CM's post, after the formation of the Telangana state.

While the Telangana formation will be a historic event, the state having a Dalit as its first CM will set a good precedent for the country, he stated.

When asked whether he was in the race for CM's post, he said that he could not deny the post if Congress President Sonia Gandhi offers it to him.

Sarve also said that the state would have two PCCs and 2 CMs in 2014 - he predicted that the Congress party would form the government in both the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states.

The Union Minister also said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was never against the formation of Telangana, as is being claimed by a few people.

Sarve was indirectly referring to the CM, Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has repeatedly claimed, on several occassions, that Indira Gandhi was against the division of Andhra Pradesh. (INN)