Union tourism minister K Chiranjeevi is most likely to emerge as the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh till the completion of general elections and the State bifurcation process. The proposal to make Chiranjeevi as the stop-gap Chief Minister came up for discussion at the marathon strategy meeting held in the Congress war room on Tuesday evening. The discussions were presided by Sonia Gandhi’s political advisor Ahmed Patel and AICC in-charge of Andhra Pradesh affairs Digvijay Singh Digvijay Singh. Several Seemandhra Congress ministers and legislators were engaged in the deliberations.

Earlier, Digvijay Singh had a one-to-one meeting with Chiranjeevi and is understood to have sought suggestions in this stupendous task to select a leader who besides ably administering the State should also help lead the State Congress successfully in the ensuing poll battle.