The present Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly, Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, has been chosen as the next Chief Minister. Kiran Kumar will be sworn in as the new C.M. tomorrow morning. He is expected to resign to his Speaker post soon.

The four-time M.L.A, was one amongst the prime candidates considered for the top chair, ever since K.Rosaiah announced his resignation today. It is heard that Kiran Kumar had met Sonia Gandhi four to five times earlier this year, giving her updates of the happenings in the state. This is said to have made an impression on the AICC President.

Kiran Kumar Reddy was once close to former Chief Ministers Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy and Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy. However, after winning the elections in 2004 he got close to Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy. This one time Ranji Cricket Player was supposed to get a minister position after becoming an M.L.A for the fourth time in 2009. However, he had to be content with Speaker’s position.

It seems his straightforward attitude, coming from Rayalaseema region (the same region where Y.S.Jagan comes from), foreign education and being young have all worked in his favor.

It is expected that Geetha Reddy will be made the Deputy C.M. and Botsa Satyanarayana will be elected as the Pradesh Congress Committee Chief.

Congress Senior Leaders Show Their Class!

The State Congress Legislative Party met late in the evening today after Rosaiah’s resignation. Senior leaders of the AICC, Pranab Mukherjee, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Veerappa Moily oversaw the proceedings of the meeting. While big ruckus was expected from the supporters of Y.S.Jaganamohan Reddy, nothing big happened at the meeting. All M.L.A.’s pledged their support to Party President Sonia Gandhi, saying that they will support anyone she selects.

Things have moved quite fast since then for Kiran Kumar Reddy. After updating the proceedings of the meeting to Sonia, Pranab had called Kiran Kumar to come visit him. While the decision was expected later tomorrow, the four senior leaders worked out things at express pace, ensuring that there was no delay.

With this decision, Sonia Gandhi has given a new twist to Jaganmohan Reddy who wanted to become the C.M. Sonia seems to have given a fitting reply to the scathing attacks he launched recently against her. Kiran Kumar Reddy is the beneficiary and Jagan is the loser, as of now.