Deputy CM returns to campus to teach chemistry

HYDERABAD: For a day, deputy chief minister and education minister Kadiyam Srihari went back to his old ways - of being a teacher and a lecturer. On Saturday, Srihari, who was a bank officer and then a teacher and lecturer before he joined politics in 1987, did what he always loved doing most - teaching chemistry.Srihari, who got his M Sc (chemistry) post-graduate degree from Osmania University in 1975, taught chemistry at two institutions in Warangal and also lectured students on how to prepare for attempting Eamcet and getting maximum marks. "Your preparation should be thorough. Out of 160 marks, you should be able to get at least 120 answers right," he said, adding that would fetch them a good rank.For all that he did, Srihari got paid Rs 2 lakh in cheque. This amount will be used to meet the expenditure for the TRS foundation celebrations to be held in Warangal on April 27. TRS leaders, ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and party leaders are engaged in the 'Gulabi coolie work' - doing labour to earn wages for the party event. Some are carrying heavy loads of rice bags, some lifting debris, and some working in hotels and factories. It is quite obvious that the work is 'tokenism' to collect funds for the party event but what Kadiyam Srihari chose to do was more practical.The 66-year-old deputy chief minister, who is a resident of teachers colony, Waddepalli in Hanamakonda, Warangal, said the amount he earned for teaching on Saturday would specifically be used to provide drinking water to the public attending the TRS meet on April 27."Attempt all questions in Eamcet. First attempt all the answers you know," he said, while lecturing students in SVS College. He also gave tips on how to approach the examination and prepare for it.On the board, the minister explained about halogens, the five non-metallic elements found in Group 17 of the Periodic Table, ammonium chloride, potassium permanganate, and talked in detail about ionic bonds. A few days ago, the minister had also taught in Oasis school where he got paid wages of Rs 1 lakh.