YSR to take oath alone today

 Earlier it was thought that he would also form a small cabinet with about 10 ministers.

 He returned this evening from Delhi after meeting party president Sonia Gandhi, apparently for discussing with her about the broad outlines of the future state cabinet and the question of admitting TRS into the state government.  With the all-India results tilted heavily towards the Congress party in forming the government at the Centre, the party high command seems to have no time on deciding on the finer details with regards to the state cabinet.  With the Congress and the Left Front getting a decisive mandate at the national level, the bargaining power of TRS, which is a prepoll ally of the Congress party, has become almost nil. Indications are that Y S Rajasekhar Reddy is not very enthusiastic about admitting TRS into his government.  TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao has also expressed similar sentiments while keeping his options open in joining the Congress-led government at the Centre.  Meanwhile, former chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu termed the outcome of the Parliament elections as a result of strong anti-incumbency at the national level.  He said he would continue with the NDA and play a constructive role as an opposition party in the state and at the national level.