Andhra Pradesh Cabinet gets 14 new faces, oath today

The list, which comprises 14 new faces, has been submitted to Governor Biswabhushan Harichandran for his approval.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (File)

As many as 11 legislators, who resigned from the Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers on April 7, will be re-inducted when Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy reconstitutes his Cabinet here on Monday.

The list, which comprises 14 new faces, has been submitted to Governor Biswabhushan Harichandran for his approval.

The previous Cabinet of 24 ministers had submitted their resignation on Thursday, as per the CM’s wish to reshuffle it mid-term. Sources said the new Cabinet, which would be sworn in on Monday, would have the same structure as the earlier one with five Deputy CMs — one each representing the SC, ST, BC, Kapu, and Muslim community — and four women ministers.

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The Cabinet comprises 10 ministers from BC community, five from SC, four from Kapu, four from Reddy, one from ST and one Muslim. Sources said the state might again have a woman Home Minister as names of three new woman MLAs — Vidudala Rajini, R K Roja, and Ushashree Charan — were on the list. In 2019, the CM had appointed Mekathoti Sucharita as the first Dalit woman Home Minister.

Taneti Vanitha, who was Woman and Child Welfare Minister in the previous Cabinet, has been retained. The new faces in the Cabinet are expected to be Gudivada Amarnath; Dadishetti Raja; P Rajanna Dora; Dharmana Prasada Rao; Jogi Ramesh; Ambati Rambabu; Kottu Satyanarayana; Karumuri Nageswara Rao; Meruga Nagarjuna; Budi Muthyala Naidu; Vidudala Rajini; Kakani Govardhan Reddy; and M Thippeswamy.

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