- By Vivek Raj
- Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:25 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
AP Cabinet list 2024: N Chandrababu Naidu has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time after his party's remarkable victory in the Assembly polls. The oath-taking ceremony took place at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram Airport on the outskirts of Vijayawada, where twenty-four members of his cabinet also took the oath. Alongside Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, Nara Lokesh, TDP general secretary and Naidu’s son were also sworn in as ministers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, and several other leaders attended the high-profile event. Celebrities including Megastar Chiranjeevi, Super Star Rajnikanth, Allu Arjun and others marked their attendance.
The list of Andhra Pradesh cabinet ministers was released after discussions with Union Ministers Amit Shah and JP Nadda. A 25-member Council of Ministers headed by Chandrababu Naidu includes 21 MLAs from TDP, three from the Janasena Party and one from the BJP. A total of 17 new faces took oath as ministers.
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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Minister List 2024
- Konidela Pawan Kalyan
- Kinjarapu Achchennaidu
- Kollu Ravindra
- Nadendla Manohar
- Kandula Durgesh
- Gummadi Sandhyarani
- BC Janarthan Reddy
- TG Bharat
- S. Savithamma
- Vasamshetty Subhash
- Kondapalli Srinivas
- Mandipalli Ram Prasad
- Nara Lokesh
- P. Narayana
- Vangalapudi Anitha
- Satyakumar Yadav
- Nimmala Ramanaidu
- NMD Farooq
- Anam Ramanaraya Reddy
- Payyavula Keshav
- Anagani Sathyaprasad
- Kolusu Parthasaradhi
- Dola Balaveeranjaneyaswamy
- Gottipati Ravi
Pawan Kalyan, Nadendla Manohar, and Kandula Durgesh are the three members of the Janasena Party who took oath in the Andhra cabinet. BJP's Dharmavaram MLA Satya Kumar Yadav is the lone minister from BJP. The cabinet also includes experienced ministers who had served in the past.
The Andhra Pradesh Minister List 2024 includes three women. Senior leader N. Mohammed Farook is the only Muslim face of the Naidu cabinet. Eight ministers belong to Backward Classes, three to Scheduled Castes, and one to Scheduled Tribes.
The cabinet composition reflects representation from various communities, with four ministers each from the Kamma and Kapu communities, and three from the Reddy community. Chandrababu Naidu belongs to the Kamma community while Pawan Kalyan hails from the Kapu community.
The TDP-led alliance secured a massive mandate in the recent elections, winning 164 seats out of 175 in the Assembly. TDP alone won 135 seats, while Jana Sena Party won all 21 seats it contested, and BJP secured eight out of 10 seats.
