Is Telangana set to hand over mantle to son KCR Jr?

Hyderabad, Jan 21 : Has Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao decided to anoint his son and cabinet minister K.T. Rama Rao as the Chief Minister? Remarks by few ministers and MLAs during the last couple of days have given credence to the buzz in the political circles.
While at least three ministers and few MLAs of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) had dropped hints with remarks that Rama Rao has all the qualities to become the Chief Minister, Deputy Speaker T. Padma Rao went a step ahead on Thursday to address Rama Rao as the soon to become CM.
“Congratulations to KTR who will soon become the Chief Minister. I convey congratulations on behalf of the Assembly and railway employees. I hope that KTR will work to protect the railway employees after becoming the Chief Minister,” Padma Rao said at a function of railway employees’ union.
KTR, as Rama Rao is popularly known, remained silent as Padma Rao addressed him as soon to become Chief Minister.
Minister for Backward Classes Welfare, Gangula Kamalakar, also stated on Thursday that KTR has all the qualities to become the Chief Minister of Telangana.
“There is no need for discussion on this issue. It is our internal matter and not related to the BJP,” he said while reacting to BJP state president Bandi Sanjay’s statement that CM Chandrasekhar Rao’s visit to the Kaleswaram project site was not to check the works or the water flow, but to pray for his son KTR before anointing him as the Chief Minister.