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25-member Andhra Pradesh cabinet sworn-in

By IANS | Updated: June 8, 2019 13:30 IST

Nine days after taking over as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday constituted his cabinet with 25 ministers being sworn-in here.

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Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers, including three women, at a ceremony held near State Secretariat at Velagapudi.

Jagan Reddy, who alone took oath on May 30, constituted his cabinet at one go.

While six ministers had served in the cabinet of Jagan Reddy's late father Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in undivided Andhra Pradesh, all others are first-time ministers.

The swearing in ceremony began at 11.49 a.m., the auspicious time set by Jagan Reddy's advisors.

Dharmana Prasada Rao was the first to be sworn-in. Adimulapu Suresh and M. Goutham Reddy took oath in English while the remaining ministers took oath in Telugu.

Amjad Basha, the lone Muslim Minister, took oath in the name of 'Allah'.

As announced earlier, five of the ministers will be Deputy Chief Ministers. In an unprecedented move, Jagan Reddy decided to have five deputies, each from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, minorities and Kapus.

The names of Deputy Chief Ministers are expected to be announced later in the day.

Sixty per cent of the ministers are from SCs, STs, BCs and minorities. There are 11 ministers from upper castes - Reddys 4, Kapus 4, Kamma 1, Vyshya 1 and Kshatriya 1.

Botsa Satyanarayana, P. Subhash Chandra Bose, P. Viswarup, Mopidevi Venkatramna, Balineni Srinivasa Reddy and Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy had served as Ministers earlier in Congress government headed by Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Of them Subhash Chandra Bose and Mopidevi Venkatramna were both defeated in Assembly elections. While Bose is a member of Legislative Council, Venkatramna is likely to be nominated to the upper House.

YSR Congress Party stormed to power last month with a landslide majority, winning 151 seats in 175-member Assembly.

( With inputs from IANS )

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