T Cabinet to be expanded on Dec 16

* Tummala, Chandulal, Lakshma, Konda Surekha, Jupally to take oath

* Indrakaran being considered for ministerial post

* Koppula to be chief whip

* Jalagam, Srinivas Goud to be parliamentary secretaries

Hyderabad: The much anticipated Telangana cabinet is on cards now. The cabinet will now be expanded on December 16 at a swearing-in scheduled at 11 am.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday met Governor Narasimhan in Raj Bhavan to discuss about the cabinet expansion. The Cabinet now has 12 ministers and can have another six ministers. Sources in the TRS said that the names of Tummula Nageshwara Rao, who defected from the TDP, Chandulal, Lakshma Reddy, Konda Surekha and Jupally Krishna Rao of Mahabubnagar are almost confirmed. The TRS chief is mulling over the name of Indrakaran Reddy of Adilabad.
The names of Jalagam Venkat Rao and Srinivas Goud are reportedly being considered for the post of parliamentary secretaries. While Koppula Eswar would be the chief whip and Sunita Gongidi, Nalla Odelu and Gampa Govardhan are being considered for the posts of whip.
KCR is also likely to appoint a couple of whips and chairpersons to few corporations.