Politics News: Profile of Ministers inducted into Andhra Pradesh Cabinet

Hyderabad, May 26 : Following is the profile of 35 Ministers inducted into the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet.

K Rosaiah: Seventysix-year-old senior Congress leader and eldest member of the Rajasekhara Reddy cabinet has enormous political and ministerial experience.

A member of the Legislative Council, Rosaiah began his political career in 1968 and got elected to the Upper House. A native of Vemugu in Guntur district, he graduated from the Hindu College affiliated to the Andhra University.

He has handled key ministries of Finance, Legislative Affairs, Power, Home, among other ministries and had served as Minister under several Chief Ministers in the past, including M Channa Reddy, T Anjaiah, K Vijayabhaskara Reddy, and N Janardhan Reddy.

Ponnala Laksmaiah: Sixtyfive-year-old Lakshmaiah is an engineering graduate from US, has handled the key Major Irrigation department since 2004 and put into action the irrigation initiative ’’Jalayagnam’’ of the previous Rajasekhara Reddy

Government.

He has also served as Minister for a brief period in 1991-92.

Kanna Lakshminarayana: Hailing from a political family of the Pedakurapadu in Guntur district, 52-year-old Congress leader

was elected to the State Assembly for the fifth term, in the just-concluded election from Guntur(West) Assembly constituency.

He served as Transport Minister in the previous Cabinet. N Raghuveera Reddy: A Lieutenant of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy hails from Neelakantapuram in Madakasira mandal of Anantapur district. He has put into action pro-peasant policies of the Rajasekhara Reddy Government since 2004.

Dharmana Prasada Rao: A native of Mabagam in Srikakulam district, the 52-year-old Congress leader began his political career as a Sarpanch. Responsible for implementing the Congress Government’s land distribution policy, he was lone Congress candidate to get elected from the district in 1999 when the TDP retained power. He has served as Minister in the past in the Governments headed by Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy and N Janardhan Reddy.