Already caught in a bind with senior ministers rebelling over the allotment of insignificant portfolios, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is facing a fresh wave of trouble with MLCs in the state adopting a tough posture, demanding more representation in the cabinet.
The MLCs' demand comes even as the the Congress party is making concentrated efforts to mollify the ministers dissatisfied with the portfolios allotted to them in the cabinet.
According to sources, the MLCs in the state are feeling that they were insulted by not giving proper representation in the cabinet expansion.
The MLCs said that former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy promised to give a chance to them during the expansion of cabinet. However, he expired before he could fulfill that promise, and K Rosaiah continued with the same cabinet left over by YSR.
MLCs Rudraraju Padmaraju and Ponguleti Sudhakar on Thursday stated the Chief Minister had done injustice to MLCs by not giving an opportunity to them.
Sudhakar said that the Chief Minister gave an opportunity to YS Vivekananda Reddy only, considering his family ties with former chief minister, the late YSR.
According to sources, the MLCs' dissatisfaction will not be addressed, since Kiran Reddy is already finding it difficult to mollify the ministers who
resigned after being dissatisfied with their portfolios.
Courtesy: INN