The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has been reconstituted on Sunday after hectic parleys held by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy with government adviser Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy and some other trusted lieutenants during the last three days.
Eleven members of the revamped Cabinet are those who are retained on various grounds and the remaining are new faces. The Ministers who have been dropped are going to be entrusted with responsibilities in the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in order to utilise their experience to ensure victory in the 2024 elections.
The Ministers retained are: Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, Botcha Satyanarayana, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, Pinipe Viswarup, Ch. Venugopala Krishna, Gummanuru Jayaram, Seediri Appalaraju, Thaneti Vanitha, Amzath Basha, K. Narayana Swamy and Audimulapu Suresh.
The new Ministers are: Dharmana Prasada Rao, P. Rajanna Dora, Gudivada Amarnath, B. Mutyala Naidu, Dadisetti Raja, Karumuri Nageswara Rao, Kottu Satyanarayana, Jogi Ramesh, Ambati Rambabu, Merugu Nagarjuna, Vidadala Rajini, Kakani Govardhan Reddy, R.K. Roja and Usha Sricharan.
The new-look Cabinet has 11 Ministers from the BCs, five from the SCs, eight from the OCs and one from the STs. The number of women in the previous Cabinet was three compared to four now.
Resignations accepted
Earlier in the day, Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan accepted the resignations that were tendered by all 24 Ministers facilitating the swearing-in of the new ones on April 11 (Monday). A gazette notification was published on the resignations.
