EC gives green signal for PRP-Congress merger

HYDERABAD: The Election Commission has given the green signal for the merger of Praja Rajyam with the Congress, clearing the decks for the induction of the PRP MlAs into the N kiran kumar Reddy cabinet.Both the Congress and the PRP have been eagerly waiting for the official nod of the Election Commission for the merger for some time now.Now that the merger is officially confirmed, cabinet reconstitution might take place soon as the Congress is contemplating to provide at least three berths to the PRP in the cabinet and take Chiranjeevi in to the central cabinet.PRP leader C Ramachandraiah told reporters in Delhi on Monday that the EChad given clearance for the proposal earlier in the day and that the documents relating to the merger would be handed over to Assembly speaker who will treat all 18 PRP MlAs as Congress MLAs henceforth.The merger has taken considerable time after the PRP had submitted a petition to the Election Commission. Acting on it, the EC wrote to the AICC which has sent its acceptance letter to the commission recently.