At least five ministers from the old team may not make it to the Cabinet this time. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, has indicated that he would leave out some “non-performers” in his new team. The State Cabinet will be constituted on May 25, with 26 to 30 ministers. The Chief Minister will submit his list of ministers to the Congress high command on Friday. It will be finalised based on the the Central Cabinet combination. “The Chief Minister has been given a free hand to form his team, but he will finalise it after the Central Cabinet formation is completed,” the sources said.
YSR left for New Delhi on Thursday to participate in discussions on the Cabinet formation. The names of Mr D. Sridhar, Mr V. Vasanth-kumar, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Mr N. Manohar, Mr K. Venkata Reddy, Mr Perni Nani, Mr B. Srinivasa Reddy, Mr Rambhupal Reddy, Mr Sailajanath, Mr Mallu Bhattivikramarka, Mr G. Ravikumar and Mr D. Nagender figure in the “youth” quota.
The name of Dr Geeta Reddy, an outgoing minister, is up for consideration for the post of the Speaker. It appears that senior leaders like Mr D. Prasada Rao, Mr P. Lakshmaiah, Mr K. Jana Reddy, Mr S. Vijaya-ramaraju, Mr Botsa Satya-narayana, Mr P Subhash Chandra Bose, Mr Kanna Laxminarayana will be re-inducted. Also appearing in this list are the names of Mr Gade Venkata Reddy, Mr Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, Mr J.C. Diwakar Reddy, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, Mrs Sabita Indra Reddy, Mr Kasu Krishna Reddy will be re-inducted.
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