Revanth Reddy takes over KCR's `hot seat'

It was not long ago that KCR's operation Akarsh left TDP in Telangana with a handful of MLAs and Revanth Reddy is one of them. Meanwhile new seats were allocated for the three TDP leaders recently in the Telangana Assembly and, surprisingly, Revanth Reddy was allotted seat number 123. Do you want to know the significance of this particular seat?. Read on......

Chandrababu Naidu was anointed as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for the second time in 1999 and KCR got a raw deal with the post of deputy speaker. Subsequently, KCR quit TDP and focused on building TRS in Telangana. The TRS leader won the Siddipet by-election and was allocated seat number 123 by the then speaker Pratibha Bharathi.

After 14 years of fight, KCR finally succeeded in achieving a separate state for Telangana and TRS formed its government in the newly carved out state with KCR as at the helm of affairs. 

Subsequently KCR in his inimitable style pulled off a coup of sorts when he managed to woo a fair chunk of TDP leaders into TRS fold leaving only three MLAs with TDP. Errabelli Dayakar was the floor of Telangana TDP until KCR pulled him too into his party's fold along with 11 other. KCR then made sure that T-TDP was left with only three leaders.

This compelled the house to adjust seating accordingly recently and Revanth Reddy became the floor leader for T-TDP and was allotted seat number 123!

Though purely coincidental, Revanth Reddy occupying the coveted seat, the TDP leaders are hoping to see Revanth as CM one day!