Andhra Pradesh: Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, reconstituted his Cabinet on Monday, with all 25 ministers taking oath.
At a ceremony at the State Secretariat, Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy to members of the revamped Cabinet, which was attended by YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders and workers, as well as senior officials.
Eleven of those who took the oath had already served in the Cabinet since June 2019, while the others are newcomers.
The first to take the oath was Ambati Rambabu. All save Adimalupu Suresh, Usha Sricharanan, and Peddireddy Ramachandrareddy took their oaths in English, while the rest took theirs in Telugu.
Fourteen new ministers have been appointed: Dharmana Prasada Rao, Gudivada Amarnath, Buddi Muthyala Naidu, P. Rajanna Dora, Dadishetti Raja, Kittu Satyanarayana, Karumuri Nageswararao, Jogi Ramesh, Meraga Nagarjuna, Vidadala Rajini, Ambati Rambabu, Kakani Govardhanreddy, Roja K
Botsa Satyanarayana, Narayanaswamy, Buggana Rajendranath, Peddireddy Ramachandrareddy, Gummanooru Jayaram, Pinipe Vishwaroopam, Sidiri Appalaraju, Cheluboina Venugopalakrishna, Amjad Basha, Taneti Vanitha, and Adimalupu Suresh had previously served in the Cabinet as ministers. Gudivada Amarnath and Jogi Ramesh knelt before Jagan Reddy to thank him after taking the oath.
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