Modi names BJP leaders as Governors, dashes Telangana TD hopes

Hyderabad: Hopes of Telangana TD leaders, who were expecting gubernatorial posts, were dashed on Wednesday with Central government going ahead and filling up all the existing vacancies at various Raj Bhavans barring Tamil Nadu. TD president and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had proposed senior TS TD leader Motkupalli Narasimhulu’s name to Prime Minister Narendra Modi almost a year ago. Mr Naidu, during the last Mahanadu, revealed this by saying that if Mr Narasimhulu is made the Governor of a state, what would happen to the TD in TS. Mr Naidu had also given another name, apart from Mr Narasimhulu, to the PM, expecting their appointments to two different states, TD sources said.

However, with Wednesday’s appointments of BJP men to the four vacancies at Raj Bhavans, the TD has, as of now, lost the chance. However, one vacancy will be created on August 30 when the five-year term of UPA appointee K. Rosaiah ends. However, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has already put a word to the PM to continue with him for another term.

If that happens, there will be no vacancy left in any Raj Bhavan. “I don’t know about my appointment as Governor, last year I was told by my bosses that it was expected anytime. Why are TD men not getting the post is something I cannot answer,” Mr Narasimhulu told DC.