TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu’s cabinet is a mix of 17 freshers and eight experienced ministers, including himself.
Of the 24 ministers who took oath on Wednesday in Andhra Pradesh, 17 were first-timers, three were women, eight were from backward class (SM) communities, one was Muslim, two were from Scheduled Castes (SC) and one was from Scheduled. Tribal among others.
He took oath in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah and other union ministers and distinguished guests.
Besides Naidu, 20 ministers belong to TDP, three from Janasena and one from BJP took oath.
The new ministers are aged between 41 and 74.
First Minister Pawan Kalyan founded Janasena in 2014 to win next 10 years in 2024 through alliance of NDA BJP, TDP and Janasena.
The father of four played an important role in bringing the alliance together.
Stanford MBA graduate and former World Bank official Nara Lokesh, 41-year-old son of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, is a former minister who won the Mangalagiri seat by a margin of 91,413 votes.
Senior TDP leader K Atchannaidu is the brother of union minister K Yerran Naidu. He is also the uncle of newly appointed Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu.
K Ravindra, the 51-year-old minister from Machilipatnam Assembly constituency is a BA and law graduate.
Senior Janasena leader N Manohar is the son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Bhaskar and first minister.
Education tycoon P Narayana, who runs the Narayana Group of educational institutions, worked as municipal minister in the previous TDP government between 2014 and 2019.
TDP’s Payakaraopeta MLA Anita Vangalapudi is a first-time minister. The 45-year-old leader used to work as a teacher.
N Ramanaidu from Palakollu in West Godavari district holds a doctorate and worked as a lecturer at YN College in Narasapuram for some time. The three-time MLA is now the first minister.
P Keshav from Uravakonda constituency in Anantapur district is the fifth MLA who entered politics 30 years ago as a minister for the first time.
G Sandhya Rani, TDP MLA, 51 years old from Salur in Parvatipuram Manyam district is a BSc graduate and comes from a political family. He was the first minister.
Satya Prasad from Repelle in Bapatla district joined TDP in 2009. After winning from this constituency in 2014, 2019 and now in 2024, he became the first minister.
D Sri Bala Veeranjaneyaswamy of Kondapi constituency in Prakasam district was a medical doctor and first minister. He won from Kondapi for the third time by a stretch.
Engineering graduate Gottipati Ravi Kumar, 48, is a granite businessman. The prime minister’s first election victory as Congress leader was in 2004.
First minister K Durgesh from Nidadavolu constituency made his debut in politics through Congress. He has also worked as the East Godavari district Congress president.
BC Janardhan Reddy won from Banaganapalli constituency in Nandyala district. The 55-year-old first minister and TDP leader first won as an MLA in 2014.
TG Bharat is the political successor of his famous father TG Venkatesh. The 48-year-old first minister from Kurnool studied business in England.
S Savita of TDP defeated YSRCP minister KV Usha Shricharan to win the Penukonda constituency and emerged as the first minister.
Ramachandrapuram TDP MLA V Subash is a BSc and law graduate. A member of the first ministerial family to be politically active in Amalapuram.
Gajapatinagaram TDP MLA K Srinivas, 42 from Vizianagaram district, became the first minister. He is a post graduate in computer science.
The only Muslim minister in the cabinet is NMD Farook, who started his political journey as a municipal councilor in 1981.
Nellore MLA A Ramnarayan Reddy is a senior politician who earlier worked in the Congress. He quit YSRCP to take the Atmakuru constituency for TDP.
M Ram Prasad Reddy defeated G Srikanth Reddy of YSRCP by a margin of 2,495 votes in Rayachoti constituency in Annamayya district. He joined TDP in December 2023 and has succeeded as the first minister.
Nuziveedu MLA K Parthasaradhi of TDP joined the ruling party just months before the polls. The 59-year-old MLA’s father is a two-time MP from Machilipatnam.
Satya Kumar Yadav is the leader of BJP’s NDA alliance, which won from Dharmavaram constituency. The 53-year-old leader is the first minister.
Most of these ministers paid a courtesy call on Naidu at his residence in Undavalli, and the chief minister deliberated with him.
The NDA, which includes TDP, BJP and Janasena, won overwhelmingly in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh with a majority of 164 assembly seats out of a total of 175, and 21 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats. in the country.
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