All 24 ministers in Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s cabinet will resign at 3pm on Thursday, as a new cabinet will be sworn in on April 11. With an eye on the 2024 elections, the cabinet will maintain caste, region and religion balance.
The CM will meet Governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan on April 8 to submit the resignations and seek permission for appointment of new ministers. The Governor will administer the oath to the new ministers at 11:31 am on April 11 at the Secretariat Building Complex in Velagapudi.
“In the wake of the upcoming elections in 2024, the CM has taken a lot of precautions for expansion of his cabinet. Reddy has finalised the new list of cabinet ministers on the basis of caste, religion, and districts. The list is confidential and it will be revealed a few hours before the swearing-in ceremony,” a leader of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) told News18.
He also stated that the CM has found better alternatives to fight the Telugu Desam Party, Janasena, and even the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“It’s high time. We have to balance the party and government. Most of the current ministers will not get a chance in the reshuffle. They will be utilised to strengthen the party. We have to come back in 2024,” he said.
According to sources from the chief minister’s office (CMO), of the 24, three or four old faces will continue in the new cabinet, as the CM could not find appropriate alternatives for them.
When Reddy took over as the CM on May 30, 2019, he had announced that he would undertake a complete revamp of his cabinet after two-and-a-half years and get a new team. The current cabinet was sworn in on June 8, 2019.
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