Suspense over, Revanth New CM of Telangana

New Delhi: The suspense over who will be the Congress Chief Minister in Telangana is over. It is now final that TPCC president A Revanth Reddy who had resurrected the party in the last six months would be the youngest chief minister of Telangana. Revanth will take oath on Thursday at 10 am. The High command is said to have also finalised the names of the council of ministers

This decision was taken by AICC after consulting all the contenders and consultations with party observers. The name of Revanth Reddy has been handed over to D K Shiv Kumar who has reached Hyderabad. The announcement would be made soon. In the meantime, party general secretary K C Venugopal had a meeting with Shivkumar and Bhatti Vikramarka in New Delhi. .

It is learnt that Bhatti will be the Deputy Chief Minister. On the other hand N Uttam Kumar Reddy who was also in the race met party leaders and presented his case saying that he had won elections continuously for 7 times on Congress ticket and has been a loyal worker of the party with military background. However, the party high command is said to have decided on Revanth's name. Uttam would soon be submitting his resignation to Lok Sabha to enable him to take oath in the state Assembly.