Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy may resign today as Lok Sabha had cleared the Telangana Bill, sources said.
State Social Welfare Minister Pitani Satyanarayana said that the chief minister has invited his loyalist ministers and legislators for a meeting tomorrow to formally communicate his decision to quit.
A minister said, “The chief minister will address a press conference at 10.45 am and then proceed to Raj Bhavan to hand over his resignation to Governor E S L Narasimhan.”
Pitani, on question that if Kiran Reddy would launch a new political party, said “did he (Kiran) ever speak about it?”
He also said, “We are and will remain committed to the cause of united AP.”
Initially, there was talk that Kiran would step down as Chief Minister today once the discussion on AP Reorganisation Bill began in Parliament.
Sources also claimed that he is said to have deferred his plans following an “advice” by some Seemaandhra MPs.
Though only about three or four of his cabinet colleagues and a handful of MLAs are by his side on the resignation issue, Kiran is said to have made up his mind to quit after a vain fight on the state bifurcation issue.
The Chief Minister dropped enough hints that he was on his way out by relieving two of his Special Secretaries of their duties in a bureaucratic reshuffle last night.
His Principal Secretary and another Special Secretary are also expected to be transferred out today.
The high command of Congress is learnt to have made up its mind to go for imposition of President’s Rule as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy likely to resign on Wednesday capping his months of rebellion against the division of the state.
Bureau Report
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