Hyderabad, May.25:- The Chief Minister, Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, constituted his new ministry by inducting 35 members, including 20 new faces, who were all sworn-in at a glittering ceremony in the Raj Bhavan on Monday evening.
The Governor, Mr N. D. Tiwari, administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers amidst loud cheers and applause from their supporters and watched by a huge gathering of officials and non-officials. Except Mr P Ramachandra Reddy of Punganur in Chittoor district took oath in English, all other ministers took oath in Telugu and in the name of God.
Mr Botsa Satyanarayana and Mr Balineni Srinivas Reddy were absent when their names were called for swearing-in as they were caught in traffic jam. Mr Satyanarayana reportedly could not arrive on time due to the flight delay from Kashmir. As Mr Mukesh Goud was stranded in the traffic jam, he reportedly abandoned his car and reached the Raj Bhavan by a two-wheeler, while Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah had to trek to Raj Bhavan for similar reason.
Dr Reddy, who was sworn-in as Chief Minister at a gala ceremony held in the sprawling Lal Bahadur Stadium on May 20, carried the list of his new team to New Delhi for seeking approval of the Congress High Command. After securing the nod from the Central party leadership including Ms Sonia Gandhi, Dr Reddy returned to the State Capital this afternoon and the swearing-in of the new ministers was held at 6.40 p.m.
While constituting his new team, the Chief Minister seems to have made a balancing act to provide an opportunity to the experienced as well as new faces. As a result, 13 members of the previous ministry were retained in the ministry and at the same time 20 new faces were given a chance to prove their mettle.
The Chief Minister has diligently struck a warning note to his Cabinet colleagues that “non-performers” would be shown the door if they failed to come up to the expectations in the discharge of their duties. He sounded this warning by using the axe on four of his former colleagues --- Mr K. Jana Reddy, Mr J. C. Diwakar Reddy, Mr Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy and Mr R Damodar Reddy.
There are six women in the new ministry, including three who have already served in the earlier YSR cabinet. The three new women ministers are Ms D. K. Aruna, Ms Konda Surekha and Ms Sunitha Laxma Reddy, while for Dr Geetha Reddy, Ms Galla Aruna Kumari and Ms Sabita Indra Reddy will be a second term as ministers.
Keeping in view that the ruling party had bagged seven Assembly seats from the city, the Chief Minister has decided to provide a second ministerial berth. Thus, besides retaining in his new cabinet his former colleague Mr. Mukesh Goud, an opportunity was given to his close confidant, Mr Danam Nagender, to represent the city.
While the Guntur district has the maximum of four ministers in the Cabinet followed by Medak district with three ministers, Adilabad is the only district which went without any representation in the new regime.
20 NEW FACES
The new faces in the new Cabinet are: Mr Jupalli Krishna Rao and Ms D. K.Aruna (both from Mahbubnagar district), Ms Sunitha Laxma Reddy (Nizamabad), Mr Danam Nagender (Hyderabad), Mr R. Venkat Reddy (Khammam), Ms Konda Surekha (Warangal), Mr Vishwaroop (East Godavari), Mr Vatti Vasanth Kumar and Mr. P.Satyanarayana (West Godavari), Mr Duddilla Sridhar Babu (Karimnagar), Mr Komatireddy Venkat Reddy (Nalgonda), Mr Balineni Srinivasa Reddy (Prakasam), Mr P. Ramachandra Reddy (Chittoor), Mr Ahamedullah (Kadapa), Mr Silpa Mohan Reddy (Kurnool), Mr Gade Venkat Reddy and Mr Manikya Varaprasad (Guntur), Mr Sudershan Reddy (Nizamabad), Mr P Balaraju (Visakhapatnam) and Mr K. Parthasarathy (Krishna).
Though in the beginning it was speculated that some members from the Legislative Council would be given an opportunity to serve in the ministry, the Chief Minister retained only the senior leader, Mr K. Rosaiah, a member of the Upper House.
Dr Reddy also took care to ensure social justice in constituting his new cabinet by accommodating 10 persons from the Backward Classes. Besides giving berth to 1 Reddys, representation was given to the Brahmin, Velama, minority and Vaisya communities by accommodating one member from each community.
The district-wise representation in the Cabinet is as follows: Rosaiah, Balineni Srinivasa Reddy (Prakasam) Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, Gade Venkata Reddy, Mopidevi Venkata ramana, Manikya Vara Prasad (Guntur), Dharmana Prasada Rao, Shatrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju (Srikakulam), Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, Viswa Roop (East Godavari) Vatti Vasanta Kumar, Pitani Satyanarayana (West Godavari), Botsa Satyanarayana (Vijayanagaram), Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, (Nellore), Sabita Indra Reddy (Ranga Reddy), Ahmadulla (Kadapa), Raghuveera Reddy, Sailajanath (Anantapur), Parthasarathi (Krishna), Mukhesh Goud, Danam Nagender (Hyderabad), Galla Aruna Kumari, Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy (Chittoor), D.K. Aruna, Jupalli Krishna Rao (Mahbubnagar), Shilpa Reddy (Kurnool), Pasupuleti Bala Raju (Visakhapatnam), Sridhar Babu (Karimnagar), Sunita Lakshma Redy, Gita Reddy, Damodar Raja Narasimha ((Medak), Sudarshan Reddy (Nizamabad), Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Konda Surekha (Warangal), Komatireddi Venkata Reddy (Nalgonda), Ramreddi Venkata Reddy (Khammam).
The Chief Electoral Officer, Dr I V Subba Rao, the Director General of Police, Mr SSP Yadav, the Chief Secretary, Mr Ramakanth Reddy and a large number of officials and non-officials were present at the glittering swearing-in-ceremony.
Source: Andhra headlines
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