Telangana: KCR picks up Mohammad Mahmood Ali as Home Minister
Hyderabad, Dec 14: In a surprising move, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao appointed Mohammad Mahmood Ali as the Home Minister in his newly constituted Cabinet.
The decision of the Chief Minister has created a surprise in the political circle as this is the first time that a Muslim minister was given the responsibility of Home portfolio. So far, the Home portfolio has allotted to the Reddy community in the state.
KCR has been taking various initiatives to appease the Muslim community which constitute 12.7 per cent of total population of Telangana. Though the Telangana Assembly has sent a proposal to the centre to give 12 per cent reservation, the centre has not cleared it. Now, the move of the Chief Minister is considered as a political strategy to concentrate on national politics. He has been wooing the farmers and minorities.
KCR selected only Mahmood Ali to be sworn in along with him in the first phase of the Cabinet formation on Thursday. It is said that the cabinet expansion is likely to take place on December 18. KCR has been sailing with the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party and Chandrashekar Rao and MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi have planned to tour the country to organize minorities and farmers.
Mahmood Ali, a loyalist of KCR, was the Deputy Chief Minister
holding important portfolios of Revenue and Minorities' Welfare in the previous
cabinet.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
