Jagan Mohan Reddy to expand Cabinet on Wednesday
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will expand his Cabinet on Wednesday by filling up two vacancies created by the resignation of two ministers.
The two vacancies have arisen with the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Pilli Subhas Chandra Bose and minister Mopidevi Venkataramana following their election to the Rajya Sabha recently. Their resignations from the Cabinet were accepted by the Governor on Monday.
Both Subhas Chandra Bose and Venkatramna were members of the Legislative Council and Jagan Mohan Reddy decided to send them to the Rajya Sabha after the Assembly passed a resolution urging the Centre to abolish the Upper House of the state legislature.
C. Venugopal and Seedari Appalaraju are likely to be inducted into the Cabinet. Venugopal, a member of Assembly from Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district, belongs to the same Setti Balija community represented by Subhas Chandra Bose.
Appalaraju represents the Palasa constituency in Srikakulam district and belongs to the fishermen’s community like Venkatramna.
The Chief Minister is also likely to elevate Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Krishnadas as the Deputy Chief Minister in place of Subhash Chandra Bose.
He may also go for some changes in the portfolios of the ministers based on their performance during the last one year.
This will be the first expansion after Jagan Mohan Reddy inducted 25 ministers in June last year. Five of them were made Deputy Chief Ministers.