Contrary to speculations about reshuffling of portfolios of some of the present ministers along with the expansion of his cabinet, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao tried to play safe by not embarking on any reallocation of important subjects of his current team.
There were speculations that the Chief Minister divesting some important subjects from some ministers as they had failed to come up to his expectations.
According to sources, KCR originally planned to divest the important Home portfolio from Nayani Narsimha Reddy on health grounds. Similarly, reports suggested that Etela Rajender would be divested of Finance portfolio as he was found wanting in the preparation of the State budget.
However, amidst rumblings and heartburns among some of his party legislators for not being accommodated in the cabinet, the Chief Minister seemed to have decided not to buy more trouble for himself by reshuffling the portfolios of his senior ministers. Hence, he played safe by not touching the subjects of his senior ministers while allocating new portfolios to the six newly inducted ministers.
The portfolios of the new ministers are: Thummala Nageswar Rao (Khammam) -- Roads and Buildings department ; Talasani Srinivas Yadav (Hyerabad) --- Commercial Taxes and Cinematography departments; C. Lakshma Reddy (Jadcherla) – Power; A. Indrakaran Reddy (Adilabad) --- Housing and Legal, Women & Child Welfare, Jupalli Kirshna Rao (Kollapur) --- Industries department and Azmeera Chandulal (Mulug, Warangal dist) Tribal and Endowment department.
Forest Minister Jogu Ramanna has been given additional charge of BC Welfare department. Similarly, Excise Minister Padma Rao was given additional charge of Sports & Youth Services.
