Telangana Cabinet Update
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy recently assigned departments to ministers following the swearing-in ceremony that took place this month. Initially, after the ceremony, no departments were allocated to ministers. However, CM Revanth held the first cabinet meeting on December 8 without assigning specific departments. It was only after discussions during his visit to Delhi that ministers received their departmental allocations, just in time for the Telangana Legislative Assembly session.
Cabinet Portfolio Distribution
1. Revanth Reddy – Chief Minister
– Municipal Administration
– Home (Department not assigned)
2. Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka – Deputy CM
– Finance
– Power
3. Uttam Kumar Reddy
– Civil Supplies
– Water Drainage
4. Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
– Roads & Buildings (R&B)
– Cinematography
5. Shridhar Babu
– Information Technology (IT)
– Industries
– Legislative Affairs
6. Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy
– Revenue
– Housing
– Information and Public Relations (I and PR)
7. Konda Surekha
– Forest
– Devadaya
8. Sitakka
– Panchayat Raj
– Women and Child Welfare
9. Tummala Nageswara Rao
– Farmer
– Weaver
10. Jupalli
– Excise
– Tourism
11. Ponnam
– Transport
– BC Welfare
12. Damodara Rajanarasimha
– Health
– Science and Technology
Notable Discussions
There was significant speculation on social media about who would be assigned the crucial IT department. After considerations, Sridhar Babu emerged as the chosen IT Minister. Additionally, there were campaigns suggesting the Home Minister post could go to either Sitakka or Uttam Kumar Reddy.