Pawan Kalyan is Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM, key portfolios for the 3 women ministers

The 55-year-old actor-turned politician won from Pithapuram Assembly constituency in the recently concluded elections.

JanaSena chief Pawan Kalyan signs the register after taking oath as a Minister in the Andhra Pradesh government led by TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu. (PTI)

JanaSena Party (JSP) leader Konidela Pawan Kalyan was named Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Friday with the portfolios of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development and Rural Water Supply with additional charge of Environment and Forests, and Science and Technology.

He was one of the 24 ministers in the N Chandrababu Naidu government who were allocated portfolios Friday.

The 55-year-old actor-turned politician has been elected for the first time to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, winning the Pithapuram seat.

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Dr P Narayana, founder of the Narayana Group of educational institutions who was a minister in the TDP government between 2014 and 2019, has again been allocated the portfolios of Urban Development, Municipal Administration.

TDP state president K Atchennaidu has been allocated Agriculture, Cooperation and Marketing. Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries. He was also a minister in Naidu’s previous Cabinet.

TDP’s national general secretary and Naidu’s son Lokesh has been made for HRD, IT, Electronics and Communications. He held the same portfolios in Naidu’s previous government.

Satya Kumar Yadav, the lone BJP member of the Cabinet, has been given charge of Medical, Health, Family welfare.

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The state’s Home Minister will be TDP leader V Anita.

CM Naidu’s son, N Lokesh Naidu, will be IT and Human Resources Development minister.

Portfolios allotted Friday were:

Minister	Party	Portfolio
N Chandrababu Naidu	TDP	GAD, Law and Order, Public Enterprises and all other portfolios not allocated to ministers
Konidela Pawan Kalyan	JSP	Dy CM: Panchayati Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply. Environment and Forest, Science and Technology
N Lokesh Naidu	TDP	HRD, IT, Electronics and Communcations.
Kinjarapu Atchennaidu	BJP	Agriculture, Cooperation and Marketing. Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries
Kollu Ravindra	TDP	Mines and Geology, Excise
Nadendla Manohar	JSP	Food and Civil Supplises, Consumer Affairs
Ponguru Narayana	TDP	Municipal Administration and Urban Development
Anitha Vangalapudi	TDP	Home. Disaster Management
Satya Kumar Yadav	BJP	Medical Education and Health. Family Welfare
Dr Nimmala Ramanaidu	TDP	Water Resources Development
N Mohammed Farooq	TDP	Law, Minority Development
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	TDP	Endowments
Payyavula Keshav	TDP	Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs
Anagani Satya Prasad	TDP	Revenue, Stamps and Registrations
Kolusu Parthasaradhi	TDP	Housing, I&PR
Dr D Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy	TDP	Social Welfare (Disables and Senior Citizens Welfare), Secretariat, Village Volunteers
Gottipatti Ravi Kumar	TDP	Energy
Kandula Durgesh	JSP	Tourism, Culture, Cinematography
Gummadi Sandhya Rani	TDP	Women and Child Welfare, Tribal Welfare
B C Janaradhan Reddy	TDP	Roads and Buildings, Infrastructure, Investments
T G Bharat	TDP	Industries and Commerce, Food Processing
S Savitha	TDP	BC Welfare, Handlooms
Vasamsetti Subhash	TDP	Labour, Factories, Boilers and Employment, Insurance Medical Services
Kondapalli Srinivas	TDP	MSME, SERP, NRI Empowerment and Relations
Mandapalli Ram Prasad Reddy	TDP	Transport, Youth and Sports

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