The BJP took a decision today to make Nirmal MLA Maheshwar Reddy as the BJLP leader.
Adilabad MLA Payal Shankar and Kamareddy MLA Venkataramana Reddy have been appointed as Deputy Floor Leaders.
The party also appointed Palvai Harish as the party's Chief Whip in the Assembly, Nizamabad Urban MLA Dhanpal Suryanarayana Gutta as Whip, Armur MLA Rakesh Reddy as BJLP Treasurer and Rama Rao Patel as BJLP Secretary.
The BJP leaders provided documents to this effect to the Assembly officials. Former MLC Ramachander Rao brought the documents to the Assembly.
Despite being a hat-trick MLA, Raja Singh did not get any position. Singh won from the Goshamahal Assembly constituency many times and is quite prominent, and it was thought that he would get the post of the BJLP leader. However, Singh faced suspension from the BJP for a few months before the Telangana Assembly elections, with his controversial comments created a stir in the State at that time, and that may have worked against him.