The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telengana Rashtra Samithi on Saturday decided to join the Congress-led coalition government at the centre. The party is expected to get two berths in the council of ministers headed by Dr Manmohan Singh.

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The party decided to join the government after an assurance from the Congress that the issue of creation of
a separate Telengana state would be looked into, TRS sources said.

While Rao is expected to get a cabinet berth, his party colleague, A Narendra, is likely to be sworn in as a minister of state, the sources said.