Telangana Rashtra Samithi picks bureaucrat who quit service, for MLC seat
The Hindu
Party renominates K. Srihari, G. Sukender Reddy; selects a Rajya Sabha Member.
As expected, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has announced the candidature of P. Venkata Rami Reddy, who quit as the district Collector of Siddipet, home district of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, among the six names finalised for as many vacancies in the MLAs’ quota in the Legislative Council.
A surprise pick is Banda Prakash a sitting member of Rajya Sabha, whose term is till April 2024. He belongs to the same backward classes’ community as that of former Minister Eatala Rajender, who got re-elected from Huzurabad recently on BJP ticket after being removed from the State Cabinet in May this year.
Mr. Prakash, a native of Warangal, is tipped to be included in the State Cabinet soon to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Rajender’s removal.
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The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.