Patnam Mahender Reddy today assumed charge as the Minister for Information and Public Relations (I&PR), Mines and Geology in his new chambers in the first floor of the Telangana Secretariat.
He signed a file placed in front of him by Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari and I&PR Commissioner Ashok Reddy to mark the occasion.
Ministers Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Srinivas Goud and Errabelli Dayakar Rao, MP Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, MLAs Patnam Narender Reddy, Manchireddy Kishan Reddy, Prakash Goud, Kale Yadaiah, Krishna Rao and Balka Suman, MLC Shambipur Raju, Press Academy Chairman Allam Narayana, family members and other officials extended their greetings to Mahender Reddy.
Reddy, who had served as a minister in the first cabinet of Telangana State, lost the 2018 Assembly elections. However, he was later elected to the Legislative Council, and recently (on August 24) inducted into the State cabinet in an existing vacancy. The portfolio he is handling has been lying vacant ever since Etala Rajender was removed from it.