Kanna meets Governor amid speculations

Hyderabad, Nov 23 : Strengthening speculations of a possible change of guard in Andhra Pradesh, Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana on Saturday called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan.

Kanna’s meeting with central leaders including Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the last few days have already led to speculations that he might replace Kiran Kumar Reddy as the Chief Minister. He also met former PCC President D Srinivas on Friday and other State leaders. He also had an interaction with Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday at the State Secretariat. Although Kanna himself denied reports that he was in the race for the Chief Minister’s post, his meeting with the Governor is being viewed with high political significance.

Kanna is believed to have discussed latest political situation in the State with the Governor. INN