Bharatiya Janata Party's cabinet list is out and Andhra Pradesh got 2 ministries. Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu and another senior leader from TDP, Ashok Gajapati Raju is likely to get into Narendra Modi's cabinet.
Unlike the previous government's cabinet, Narendra Modi has opted for a smaller cabinet that comprises of 45 ministers.
Narendra Modi was Monday set to take oath of office as India's 15th prime Minister along with some 45 ministers, including key leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj, sources said, adding the list has been dispatched to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Amid talks of its possible tie-up with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Telangana, the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has made it clear that it won't break its alliance with the Congress party in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
A small and compact cabinet under Narendra Modi is set to be sworn in Monday, with BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, and Sushma Swaraj likely to get the top posts, according to party sources.
The sudden defection of two YSR Congress party MPs into the Telugu Desam Party seems to have woken up party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy from deep slumber.
Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as the Chief Minister of residuary State of Andhra Pradesh on June 8.
After a gap of 10 years, veteran BJP leaders Bandaru Dattatreya and M Venkaiah Naidu are going to be part of the Central government.
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju is likely to be the lone face from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to be inducted into the union cabinet Monday, party sources said.
YSR Congress Party leader Dr MV Mysoora Reddy on Sunday condemned the Telugu Desam Party for admitting YSRCP leaders.
The TDP is likely to get just one cabinet berth in the Narendra Modi’s government at the Centre, which is going to take charge on Monday.
The defection of two newly-elected YSR Congress party MPs – Kurnool MP Butta Renuka and Nandyal MP S P Y Reddy – into the Telugu Desam Party has taken political observers by a big surprise.
YSCRP Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy received a major blow as two of his MP's are all set to Join Telugu Desam Party.
