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Cabinet Expansion Not Working? Lone Muslim TRS MLA Hints At Leaving Party For BJP
Swarajya Staff
Sep 13, 2019, 04:18 PM | Updated 04:18 PM IST
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In a troubling development for Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) head Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao’s attempts at keeping his flock together, the party’s sole Muslim MLA Shakil Aamir Mohammed has indicated that he is ready to leave the party reports Deccan Chronicle.
It is believed that he may join the BJP as he recently went to meet BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind at the latter’s residence in Hyderabad. Mohammed’s resignation would be a major setback for the TRS as the party has been desperately trying to pacify dissidents; Rao recently added new ministers to his cabinet to appease more party leaders.
Explaining his discontent with the state of affairs in the party, Mohammed cited unfulfilled promises and lack of recognition for his work.
“I am the only Muslim MLA elected from the TRS. TRS candidate K. Kavitha got a majority of votes in Bodhan against a strong BJP in the last Lok Sabha elections due to my hard work. But the TRS leadership did not recognize my services. The pink party had promised 12 per cent reservations for Muslims, but it was not fulfilled. Some vested interests misled Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao, because of which I did not get a minister’s post,” he said.
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