Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh along with 24 ministers in his cabinet today, June 12. The event will be held at 11.27 am at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram airport in Krishna district. Naidu has allocated three berths to the Jana Sena Party, including Deputy Chief Minister post to Pawan Kalyan. One ministerial berth has been given to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – the other ally.
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Apart from Pawan Kalyan, the Jana Sena Party leaders in the cabinet include Nadendla Manohar and Kandula Durgesh. The lone BJP minister in Naidu’s cabinet is Satya Kumar Yadav.
Out of 24 ministers, 17 are newcomers. The cabinet includes three women, eight Backward Class leaders, two SCs, one ST and one Muslim.
Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh will also be inducted in the cabinet. Two leaders who defected from the YSR Congress – Anam Ramnarayana Reddy and Kolusu Parthasarathy – will also take oath as ministers today.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the TDP, won the Andhra Pradesh assembly election winning 164 of the 175 seats. The TDP won 135 out of 144 seats it contested, while the Jana Sena Party (JSP) won all the 21 seats it contested with and the BJP winning 8 out of 10 seats it contested. The incumbent YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) only won 11 seats.
Here is a full list of ministers taking oath today.
1-Chandrababu Naidu – Chief Minister
2-Pawan Kalyan – Deputy Chief Minister
3- Nara Lokesh
4- Nadendla Manohar (Jana Sena)
5- K Atchennaidu
6- Vangalapudi Anitha
7- Anagani Satya Prasad
8- Nimmala Rama Naidu
9- Satya Kumar Yadav (BJP)
10- Anam Ramnarayana Reddy
11- Kollu Ravindra
12- Kolusu Partha Sarathy
13- Ponguru Narayana
14- N Md Farooq
15- Payyavula Kesav
16- Kandula Durgesh (Jana Sena)
17- Dola Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy
18- Gottipati Ravi Kumar
19- Gummadi Sandhya Rani
20- B C Janardhan Reddy
21- T G Bharath
22- S Savitha
23- Vasamsetty Subhash
24- Kondapalli Srinivas
25- Mandipalli Ram Prasad Reddy
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Published: 12 Jun 2024, 09:24 AM IST
