CLP to elect AP CM today
Published on May 12, 2004 01:39 PM IST
The Congress Legislature Party will be meeting to elect the new CM amid indications that Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy could be the choice.
PTI | Press Trust of India, Hyderabad
A day after receiving a massive landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress Legislature Party will be meeting here today to elect the new Chief Minister amid indications that Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy could be the choice for the top post.
Senior Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad and Shivraj Patil will be supervising the meeting, party sources said.
The Congress got 185 seats on its own and along with its alliance partners-- TRS and Left parties-- its tally stood at 226 seats in the 294-member House.
Reddy, who won from Pulivendula constituency, was leader of the legislative party and the leader of opposition in the dissolved Assembly. He was earlier member of the Lok Sabha.
