Naidu's Jubilee Hills Home to Be His Camp Office in Joint Capital

By Express News Service

Published: 23rd May 2014 09:17 AM

Last Updated: 23rd May 2014 09:24 AM

HYDERABAD: Chief secretary PK Mohanty and three other officials called on K Chandrasekhar Rao and N Chandrababu Naidu, who will be the chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states respectively, separately at their residences here on Thursday and briefed them on the division of the state employees and IAS officers. Naidu told the chief secretary that he would use his residence at Jubilee Hills as his camp office. He said that he would spend most of his time in Seemandhra and set up his camp office either in Vijayawada or in Guntur. Ending the doubts in minds of some senior officials whether the AP government will be a “government in exile”, Naidu made it clear that he would move closer to his people soon. “Naidu told us that he will not use the Lake View Guest House. But he did not say clearly whether he would come to the Secretariat or not. We cannot make alternative arrangements for his Secretariat now,” an official said. The chief secretary made a PowerPoint presentation to Naidu and explained how they were working for the division and the progress achieved so far. Naidu also asked them about the developmental plans for AP. “As it is we are working for the division of the state. We have no specific plans for the development of residuary AP. We have informed the same to Naidu,” an official told Express. The chief secretary and other officials made a similar PowerPoint presentation to Telangana chief ministerdesignate K Chandrasekhar Rao. When Rao enquired about the allocation of All India Service (AIS) officers, Mohanty told him that AIS officers would be allocated to successor states only after June 2. But, the officials presented a list of special chief secretaries working in the state to both Naidu and Rao. Out of the senior officers, the chief ministers may select one of the officers as chief secretary for their respective state.