Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy Saturday designated five newly-inducted Ministers as Deputy Chief Ministers in line with the announcement he made at the YSR Congress Legislature Party meeting on Friday.
The Chief Minister also allotted portfolios to all the 25 new Ministers who were sworn-in earlier in the day.
Pamula Pushpa Sreevani (ST), Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose (BC), Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas alias Nani (Kapu), K Narayana Swamy (SC) and Amzath Basha (Muslim) have been designated as Deputy CMs.
Bose, who was a minister under Jagan’s father, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy as well, has been given the crucial Revenue Department, while Narayana Swamy got Excise and Commercial Taxes.
Basha was allotted the Minority Welfare Department, Sreevani Tribal Welfare and Nani has been given Health and Medical Education, which the Chief Minister announced as one of his top-most priorities.
Like his father, Jagan also made a woman the Home Minister.
Mekathoti Sucharitha has been given the Home and Disaster Management portfolio.
After returning to power for the second time in 2009, YS Rajasekhara Reddy appointed P Sabita Indra Reddy as the first woman Home Minister of (then united) AP. On expected lines, Buggana Rajendranath has been made the Finance Minister with additional charge of Legislative Affairs.
In the previous House, he served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
Senior leader Botsa Satyanarayana got Municipal Administration and Urban Development, a key department that will oversee the development of the states new capital city Amaravati.