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AP CM treads with caution on portfolio allotment
Stung by a wave of protests from within his party over the Cabinet expansion for allegedly displaying a ‘special love’ for defectors at the expense of old horses, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appeared to have treaded with caution in allotment of portfolios. He let the vocal and senior ministers such as Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, KE Krishnamurthy, Ganta Srinivasa Rao and P Narayana remain untouc
Amaravati: Stung by a wave of protests from within his party over the Cabinet expansion for allegedly displaying a ‘special love’ for defectors at the expense of old horses, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appeared to have treaded with caution in allotment of portfolios. He let the vocal and senior ministers such as Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, KE Krishnamurthy, Ganta Srinivasa Rao and P Narayana remain untouched by retaining their existing portfolios.
Naidu was understood to have let a great deal of exercise gone into the allocation of the portfolio with the triple assignments of Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and IT for his son Nara Lokesh. The move is expected to help Lokesh expose himself to the rural folks on the one side and the upwardly moving middle class and urban sections. Thereby, he intended to be groomed as a down-to-earth leader by understanding the nitty-gritty of issues at the ground level. In a way, the young leader may do a KTR in Telangana by handling IT.
Prattipati Pulla Rao, Paritala Suneetha and Siddha Raghava Rao have their wings clipped with their plum posts stripped for either allegedly tainted in corruption or mired in group rivalries within the party, causing much embarrassment to the government. Pulla Rao, who faced allegations related to a scam in the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)’s cotton procurements and in purchase of Agrigold properties which rocked the Assembly during the current session, was shifted to Civil Supplies.
Portfolios
Nara Chandrababu Naidu:
GAD, Investment, Infrastructure, Minority Welfare & Empowerment, Cinematography, Happiness Index, and All other Portfolios not allocated to ministers
Kambalapadu Ediga Krishna Murthy:
Deputy Chief Minister
Revenue, Stamps, and Registration
Nimmakayala China Rajappa:
Deputy Chief Minister
Home & Disaster Management
Yanamala Ramakrishnudu:
Finance & Planning, Comnmercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs
Nara Lokesh:
Panchayat Raj, Rural Development, Information Techonology and Communication
Kimidi Kala Venkatarao:
Energy
Atchannaidu Kinjarapu:
Transport, BC Wellfare and Empowerment, Handlooms and Textile
Venkata Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao:
Mines and Geology
Ch. Ayyanna Pathrudu:
Roads and Buildings
Ganta Srinivasa Rao:
Human Resources Development (Primary Education, Secondary Education, Higher & Technical Education)
Kottapalli Samuel Jawahar:
Excise
Pithani Satyanarayana:
Labour, Employment, Training and Factories
Padikondala Manikyala Rao:
Endowments
Kamineni Srinivasa Rao:
Health and Medical Education
Kollu Ravindra:
Law & Justice, Skill Development, Youth, Sports, Unemployment Benefits, NRI Empowerment and Relations
Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao:
Water Resources Management
Nakka Ananda Babu:
Social Wellfare and Empowerment, Tribal Welfare and Empowerment
Prathipati Pulla Rao:
Price Monitoring, Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies
Sidda Raghava Rao:
Environment and Forests, Science and Technology
Ponguru Narayana:
Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Urban Housing
Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy:
Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture and Agri‐Processing
Chadipiralla Adi Narayana Reddy:
Marketing & Warehousing, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries and Cooperatives
Bhuma Akhila Priya Reddy:
Tourism, Telugu Language and Culture
Kalava Srinivasulu:
Rural Housing and I&PR
Paritala Sunitha:
SERP, Women Empowerment, Child Wellfare, Disabled and Senior Citizens Welfare
N Amaranatha Reddy:
Industries, Food Processing, Agri Business, Commerce, and Public Enterprise
But his Agriculture portfolio with the combination of horticulture, sericulture and agri-processing were bundled into two segments and distributed to Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy of Nellore and C Adinarayana Reddy in Kadapa district.
Paritala Suneetha, who miserably failed to take on board different intra-party groups in her native Anantapur district, is deprived of cozy Civil Supplies portfolio and received Women and Child Welfare. Similarly, Housing, which was with Kimidi Mrunalini was also split into Urban and Rural Housing and allotted to Municipal Administration minister Narayana and Kalva Srinivasulu.
The CM also left the portfolios held by the two BJP ministers—Pidikondala Manikyala Rao and Kamineni Srinivas—untouched.
The four defected MLAs—Akhila Priya, C Adinarayana Reddy, Ravu Sujay krishna Venkata Ranga Rao and N Amarnatha Reddy—received plum posts. Tourism and Industry, which are at the top of the government agenda went to Akhila Priya and Amarnath Reddy, respectively, while Sujayakrishna Venkataranga Rao received Mines and Adinarayana Reddy Marketing and Warehousing.
