According to sources AP CM Chandrababu Naidu has recently confessed that he has done a big mistake by not taking then MLA KCR into his cabinet after winning 1999 assembly elections. Meanwhile in his latest interview, Chandrababu reiterated his mistake of not inducting KCR into his cabinet in 1999 which subsequently led to the launch of Telangana Rashtra Samiti by KCR and thus the statehood of Telangana became reality with Hyderabad as its capital.
Further after explaining the situation he had gone through then that led him not to induct KCR into cabinet, Chandrababu recalled that he had chosen Vijayarama Rao over KCR for cabinet as the former had then (1999) won against senior and strong leader like P Janardhan Reddy. Since Vijaya Rama Rao also belongs to KCR's community, Chandrababu had inducted Vijaya Rama Rao and offered Deputy Speaker post to KCR.
According to sources the decision of Naidu has
certainly not gone down well with KCR who felt humiliated, insulted. Moreover
in fact, KCR was minister in Naidu's cabinet in 1995 since KCR had backed
Chandrababu in his revolt against his father-in-law and TDP founder NTR.
