Andhra portfolio allocation: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday (June 14) allocated the portfolios of the new minister. According to the Andhra Pradesh ministers' portfolios list, Naidu has kept Law and Order with him, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan was allocated the Panchayati Raj, Environment, Forest, Science & Technology ministry, whereas, CM Naidu's son Nara Lokesh was given the responsibility of HRD, IT Electronics & Communication.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Naidu on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, marking his fourth term in office. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari, Chirag Paswan, Ramdas Athawale, Anupriya Patel, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel, former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and several other leaders attended the oath-taking ceremony.
Along with Naidu, Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan and Nara Lokesh, the TDP chief's son, also took the oath near Gannavaram Airport in Kesarapalli on the outskirts of Vijayawada.
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S. No | Name of Minister | Ministry split |
1. | N Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister) |
GAD, Law and Order, Public Enterprises, and all other portfolios not allocated to ministers |
2. | Konidala Pawan Kalyan (Deputy Chief Minister) |
Panchayati Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply, Environment, Forest, Science and Technology |
3. | Nara Lokesh |
Human Resources Development, IT Electronics and Communication, RTG |
4. | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu |
Agriculture, Co-operation, Marketing, Animal Husbandary, Dairy development and Fisheries |
5. | Kollu Ravindra |
Mines and Geology, Excise |
6. | Nadendla Manohar |
Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs |
7. | Ponguru Narayana | Municipal Administration and Urban Development |
8. | Anitha Vangalapudi | Home Affairs and Disaster Management |
9. | Satya Kumar Yadav | Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education |
10. | Dr Nimmala Ramanaidu | Water Resources Development |
11. | Nasyam Mohammed Farook |
Law and Justice, Minority Welfare |
12. | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | Endowments |
13. | Payyavula Keshav |
Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes and Legislative |
14. | Anagani Satya Prasad | Revenue, Registration and Stamps |
15. | Kolusu Partha Sarathy | Housing, l&PR |
16. | Dr Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy | Social Welfare; Disabled and Senior Citizen Welfare; Sachivalayam & Village Volunteer |
17. | Gottipati Ravi Kumar | Energy |
18 | Kandula Durgesh | Tourism, Culture and Cinematography |
19. | Gummadi Sandhyarani | Women & Child Welfare, Tribal Welfare |
20. | BC Janadhan Reddy |
Roads and Buildings, Infrastructure and Investments |
21. | TG Bharath |
Industries & Commerce, Food processing |
22. | S Savitha | BC Welfare; Economically Weaker Sections Welfare; Handlooms & Textiles |
23. | Vasamsetti Subash | Labour, Factories, Boilers & Insurance Medical Services |
24. | Kondapalli Srinivas | MSME; SERP; NRI empowerment & relations |
25. | Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy | Transport; Youth & Sports |
The TDP stormed into power in alliance with the JSP and BJP by winning 164 seats in the 175-strong Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The Naidu-led TDP won 135 seats on its own while the JSP won 21 and the BJP 8. The TDP got 1,53,84,576 votes with a vote share of 45.60 per cent. The incumbent Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) led by Jagan Mohan Reddy was decimated to just 11 seats in the Assembly. The YSRCP garnered 1,32,84,134 votes in the state with a vote share of 39.37 per cent.
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