TRS ZPTC members Dadannagari Vithal Rao and Manakala Rajitha were unanimously elected Zilla Parishad chairman and vice-chairperson respectively at a special meeting here with required quorum on Saturday.
The ruling TRS won the local body elections with a thumping majority securing 23 ZPTCs out of the total of 27. The TRS members, who had gathered at a private function hall on the outskirts of the city, arrived at the venue in a private bus along with MLAs and senior leaders. They were all closeted with the Roads and Buildings Minister V. Prasanth Reddy before coming out to vote.
Mr. Vithal Rao, a close relative of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, is the only ZPTC member (Makloor) unanimously elected in the district.
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Zaheerabad MP B.B. Patil, MLAs A. Jeevan Reddy and Bajireddy Govardhan, MLCs D. Rajeswar and V.G. Goud were present while MLAs Mohammed Shakheel Amer and Bigala Ganesh Gupta were missing.