Gutha re-elected Legislative Council chairman

Members pitch for reforms

Senior Member of Legislative Council from Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Gutha Sukender Reddy, was re-elected Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council on Monday.

Protem Chairman Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri declared his election unanimous based on Mr. Reddy’s sole nomination for the post, nine other sets of nominations filed on his behalf and also the support offered for him by four non-TRS members of the House – two from AIMIM, a Congress and an Independent member.

Mr. Sukender Reddy, who had started his political career in 1981 as a ward member in Urumadla gram panchayat in Nalgonda district, climbed up the ladder to become a Member of Legislative Assembly once and the Lok Sabha thrice. In the career spanning over four decades, he had been part of the ruling Telugu Desam Party and the Congress till he joined the TRS in 2016.

In the past term as the Council chairman, Mr. Sukender Reddy occupied the chair for 21 months till June 2021 when his MLC term expired.

Cabinet Ministers Vemula Prashant Reddy, K.T. Rama Rao, Mohammed Mahmood Ali, T. Harish Rao, Ch. Malla Reddy, G. Jagadish Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Satyavathi Rathod and V. Srinivas Goud, congratulating him on his election on Monday, recalled their association with him and remembered him as a Telanganavaadi regardless of his party affiliations.

Members pitch for reforms

According to senior MLC Kadiyam Srihari, shifting the Council premises for Conduct of Business to the Legislative Assembly’s old premises is a necessary step to consider.