Telangana Cabinet Ministers portfolios: The portfolios of 11 ministers in the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy-led new Cabinet were announced Saturday, with the CM keeping law and order, municipal administration and all other unallocated portfolios to himself. Revanth Reddy, the president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, on Thursday took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana at the LB Stadium in Hyderabad. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy as the second Chief Minister of the state by the Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan. Mallu Bhatti Vikaramarka was sworn in as his deputy. As many as 10 other ministers, namely N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Dasari Anasuya, Damodar Raja Narasimha, D Sridhar Babu, Thummala Nageshwara Rao, Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, Konda Surekha, and Jupally Krishna Rao, were also sworn in by the Governor.
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The appointments come after Congress secured an impressive victory in Telangana, bagging 64 out of the 119 seats while the party’s pre-poll ally CPI bagged one seat. Two days after the results were declared on Sunday (December 3), the AICC leadership named Revanth Reddy as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) and the next chief minister of Telangana. Revanth Reddy won from the Kodangal seat, while he was defeated and finished third in the Kamareddy constituency. Revanth Reddy will be the first Congress Chief Minister of Telangana, which the party-led UPA government helped create in 2014. Reddy was an easy choice for the Congress with a majority of the newly-elected MLAs favouring him.
Telangana: Full list of Ministers and their portfolios
-Chief Minister M Revanth Reddy: Law and Order, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, General Administration and all other unallocated portfolios
-Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka – Finance & Planning and Energy
-Uttam Kumar Reddy – Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies
-C Damodar Rajanarasimha – Health, Medical & Family Welfare, and Science & Technology departments
-Konda Surekha – Environment & Forests and Endowment departments
-Danasari Anasuya – Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (including Rural Water Supply) and Women & Child Welfare departments
-Ponnam Prabhakar – Transport and Backward Classes Welfare
-Jupally Krishna Rao – Prohibition & Excise, Tourism & Culture and Archaeology
-Thummala Nageswara Rao – Agriculture, Marketing, Co-operation, as well as Handlooms & Textiles
-Duddilla Sridhar Babu – Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Industries and Commerce & Legislative Affairs portfolios
-Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy – Revenue & Housing as well as Information & Public Relations departments
-Komatireddy Venkat Reddy – Roads & Buildings and Cinematography
On Wednesday, Revanth Reddy met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi, a day after he was elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party. He also met Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi, as well as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the residence of Sonia Gandhi. Reddy, who represents the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency, also came to Parliament and met party leaders at the Congress Parliamentary Party office.