In Hyderabad, several government officials have resigned following the defeat of the BRS in the elections. On Monday, the OSDs (officers on special duty), advisers to the government, chairmen of various corporations, and nominated heads all stepped down.
One of the resignations came from Prabhakar Rao, who was previously serving as the Special Intelligence Bureau OSD. Rao had retired as Intelligence IG and was appointed as OSD by the previous government for a period of three years. However, he decided to resign due to the changed circumstances.
Another OSD, Radha Kishan Rao, also submitted his resignation. He had retired three years ago but was later appointed as OSD. The Election Commission had recently removed him from his OSD duties. Rao sent his resignation to the Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari.
Additionally, many chairmen of corporations in the state have also resigned. They expressed their gratitude to party chief K Chandrashekar Rao for giving them the opportunity to contribute to the reconstruction of Telangana. Their resignation letters were sent to the Chief Secretary.
Other officials who resigned include B Vinod Kumar, the vice-chairman of the Planning Board, and V Jwala Narasimha Rao, the Chief Minister’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO).
The list of resigning chairmen includes Soma Bharat Kumar (State Dairy Development Corporation), Juluri Gauri Shankar (Telangana Sahitya Academy), Palle Ravi Kumar Goud (State Toddy Tappers Corporation), Dr Anjaneya Goud (Sports Authority of Telangana), M Rajeev Sagar (TS Foods Corporation), D Balaraju Yadav (Sheep and Goat Development Corporation), G Praveen (Textile Corporation), Gajjela Nagesh (Beverages Corporation), Anil Kurmachalam (Film Development Corporation), Ramachandra Naik (Tricar), Errolla Srinivas (State Medical Infrastructure Development Corporation), Ravinder Singh (Civil Supplies Corporation), and P Jaganmohan Rao (Telangana State Technological Services).