11 New Ministers In Andhra Pradesh Cabinet

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today expanded his cabinet by inducting 11 new ministers, including his son Nara Lokesh.

Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office to the members at a function organized near the Secretariat in Velagapudi.

The Chief Minister dropped five members from and added 11 legislators to his cabinet, which included four members who had crossed over to the TDP from the YSR Congress Party. The cabinet now has 26 members.

TDP senior leader Kala Venkata Rao took oath first, followed by Nara Lokesh. After taking his oath, Lokesh touched the feet of Governor Narasimhan and his father Chandrababu Naidu.

The others who took oath today were Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy, Nakka Anandababu, Pitani Satyanarayana, Kottapalli Jawahar, Kalva Srinivasulu, Bhooma Akhil Priya, Amarnath Reddy, Adinarayana Reddy and Sujay Krishna Rangarao. The youngest minister in the cabinet is Allagadda MLA Bhuma Akhila Priya.

Of the 11 new ministers, eight are from the Assembly and three are MLCs. The four who had defected to TDP from the YSRCP are Bhuma Akhila Priya, Amarnath Reddy, Adinarayana Reddy and Sujaya Krishna Rangarao.