Chiranjeevi Keen on Getting Minister Post For Thota

Rajya Sabha member Chiranjeevi is very keen on getting minister post to Ramachandrapuram MLA Thota Trimurthulu, is the buzz going on in the political circles. It is to be recalled the Congress could bag only two assembly seats out of 18 in the recent bypolls. Trimurthulu and Kotthapalli Subbarayudu are the two Congressmen who emerged victorious in the bypolls. Incidentally, both of them belong to the same community to which Chiranjeevi belongs.

According to sources, Chiranjeevi is trying to get Trimurthulu accommodated in the state cabinet. As Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana resigned and is in jail at present, Education Minister Pardhasaradhi is holding additional charge of the excise ministry. Chiranjeevi wants to get excise portfolio for Trimurthulu and it wouldn't be difficult for him, going by the position Chiranjeevi has in Congress now. The only thing that is coming in his way is Trimurthulu's past record of pending criminal cases. People might have forgotten the 1997 sensational case against Trimurthulu of tonsuring of a dalit youth, but the recent land dispute is still fresh in their minds.

Reliable sources inform that the government, in a bid to oblige Chiranjeevi, has discreetly withdrawn the land dispute case against Trimurthulu and a G.O. to this effect has already been issued.