After having selected his Council of Ministers with a judicious mix of experience and youth, the Chief Minister today completed the allocation of portfolios to his “Team 35” after retaining with him General Administration, Law and Order, Excise, Commercial Taxes and Power.
The Chief Minister took political circles by surprise yet again by having in his team a woman Home Minister despite the fact that the Home affairs was till now considered as the domain of men only.Thus, having full confidence in his favorite “Chevella Chellemma” Ms P. Sabita Indra Reddy, the Chief Minister entrusted the Home portfolio to her besides Jails, Fire Services and Printing and Stationary.
It might be mentioned here that whenever the Chief Minister hailed from either Rayalaseema or Coast Andhra region, the Home Minister is traditionally from the Telangana region, though once in the past Dr M. V. Mysoora Reddy (now in TDP) from the Rayalaseema region served as Home Minister. Since Dr Reddy hails from the Rayalaseeam region, it was but natural for appointing a person from Telangana region as Home Minister.
Thus, Ms Sabita Indra Reddy, who was elected from Maheshwaram Assembly segment in Ranga Reddy district, found favour of the Chief Minister to secure the Home portfolio. Incidentally, her husband, late P Indra Reddy, too served as Home Minister in the past.
As expected,some of the senior members of the cabinet who had excelled themselves in their respective departments in the previous ministry retained their posts. Mr K. Rosaiah again got the Finance portfolio, while Mr Ponnala Laxmaiah retained Major and Medium Irrigation departments, Mr Dharmana Prasada Rao his earlier Revenue portfolio, Mr Kanna Laxminarayana again secured Transport and Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy retained Agriculture.
Among the five other women ministers, Ms Galla Aruna was allotted Roads and Buildings, Dr J. Geetha Reddy Information and Public Relations besides Tourism, Ms D.K. Aruna Small Scale Industries, Sugar, Khadi and Village Industries, Ms Konda Surekha Women Development and Child Welfare and Ms Sunitha Laxma Reddy Minor Irrigation.
From the city, Mr M Mukesh Goud retained his Backward Classes Welfare, while the new entrant into the cabinet Mr Danam Nagender bagged the important portfolio of Health and Family Welfare. Among the old-timers who got a change of portfolios include Mr Anam Ramnarayana Reddy who secured the plum post of Municipal Administration now, Mr Damodar Rajanarasimha was allotted Marketing and Warehousing, Mr M. V. Ramana Rao Technical Education.
The Chief Minister also allotted responsible departments to some of the new entrants like Civil Supplies to Mr Jupalli Krishna Rao, Higher Education to Mr D.Sridhar Babu, Medical Education to Mr P.Sudarshan Reddy,Rural Water Supply to Mr P.Viswaroop, Rural Development to Mr V.Vasant Kumar, Minority Welfare to Mr Mohd Ahmedullah, Housing to Mr C.Silpa Mohan Reddy and Forest to Mr P.Ramachandra Reddy.
Unlike in the past, there was no grumbling among the ministers over their portfolios and everyone seemed satisfied. Many of the ministers called on the Chief Minister and after thanking him for entrusting them with important portfolios also assured to do their best to uphold the confidence he had reposed in them.
Ministers & portfolios
Following are the portfolios allotted to the ministers on Tuesday.
Mr.K.Rosaiah,Finance and Legislative Affairs; Ms Sabita Indra Reddy,Home; Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Major Irrigation; Dr J.Gita Reddy,Information and Tourism;Mr Mukhesh Goud,B C Welfare; Mr D.Sridhar Babu,Higher Education; Mr.Kanna Lakshminarayana,Heavy Industries; Mr Dharmana Prasada Rao,Revenue; Mr Danam Nagender,Medical and Health; Mr Gade Venkata Reddy,Endowments, Stamps and Registration; Mr Vatti Vasanta Kumar,Rural Development; Mr Sudarshan Reddy,Medical Education; Mr Parthasarathy,Animal Husbandry; Ms D K Aruna,Small Scale Industries; Mr Viswaroop,Rural Water Supply; Ms Shilpa Mohan Reddy,Housing; Mr P.Balaraju,Tribal Welfare; Ms Galla Aruna,Roads and Buildings; Mr Anam Ramanarayana Reddy,Municipal Administration; Mr Pilli Subhashchandra Bose, Social Welfare; Mr Komatireddi Venkata Reddy,IT; Mr Ahmadulla,Minority Welfare; Ms Konda Surekha ,Women and Child Welfare; Mr.Jupalli Krishna Rao,Civil Supplies; Mr Manikya Varaprasad,Primary Education; Mr Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, Technical Education; Mr Raghuveera Reddy,Agriculture; Ms Sunita Lakshma Reddy,Minor Irrigation; Mr Satrucharla Vijayarama Raju,Transport; Mr Botsa Satyanarayana,Panchayat Raj; Mr Balineni Srinivasa Reddy,Mines; Mr P. Ramachandra Reddy,Forests; Mr Pitani Satyanarayana,Arogya Sri, Arogya Sri Insurance.
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