The time has been set for the long-awaited Telangana Cabinet expansion. Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to expand the State Cabinet on February 19.
Mr. Rao, who met the Governor E.S.L. Narasimshan at Raj Bhavan on Friday afternoon, conveyed his decision to expand the Cabinet on February 19. According to Lunar calendar, the day happens to be Magha Shuddha Pournami, an auspicious day.
The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 11.30 a.m that day and the Chief Minister instructed the officers concerned to make arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony of new Ministers, according to a release from the Chief Minister’s Office.
After the State Assembly election results were announced on December 11, last year, Mr. Rao assumed charge as Chief Minister on December 13. Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali was the only minister to take oath on that day along with Mr. Rao.