Hyderabad, Nov 9 (PTI) Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao was on Tuesday given additional charge of the Health portfolio.

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The Health department has been with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao since Eatala Rajender was removed from the state cabinet over allegations of land grabbing in May this year.

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Rajender, who dismissed the allegations, had quit TRS and as MLA. He had joined BJP and was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly from Huzurabad in a recent bypoll.

Official sources said on Tuesday night that Harish Rao has been allocated the Health portfolio with effect from Tuesday.

Harish Rao, a nephew of the Chief Minister, has been a senior and key leader in the TRS.

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