Kakru to Be New SHRC chairman

HYDERABAD: Former chief justice of the AP High Court Nisar Ahmad Kakru will be the new chairman of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). The Kiran Kumar Reddy government proposed his name for the post and it was supported by opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu.Chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy held a meeting at Secretariat Tuesday evening to finalise the appointment. Besides Naidu, Legislative Council chairman A Chakrapani, Legislative Assembly speaker N Manohar, home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and opposition leader in the council D Veerabhadra Rao attended the meeting.It is learnt that former chief justices A Sudershan Reddy also figured in the list of candidates. Naidu  backed Kakru as he belongs to the minority community.