Telangana CM Expands Cabinet, Three Ministers Sworn-In

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday expanded his Cabinet by means of inducting 3 ministers. 

G. Vivek Venkataswamy, Adluri Laxman Kumar, and Vakiti Srihari have been sworn in as ministers by means of Governor Jishnu Dev Varma at Raj Bhavan.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, his Cabinet colleagues, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud, and senior officers attended the rite.

Vivek took oath in English whilst the rest two have been sworn in Telugu.

This is the primary enlargement within the Cabinet, which was once shaped on December 7, 2023, with the swearing-in of the Chief Minister and 11 ministers.

The long-delayed enlargement happened after the All India Congress Committee (AICC) cleared the names of 3 ministers.

Though there are vacancies within the Cabinet, the celebration management made up our minds to stay 3 posts vacant. The state will have a most of 18 ministers, together with the Chief Minister.

Vivek Venkataswamy, a former MP and son of former Union Minister G. Venkataswamy, and Government Whip Adluri Laxman are from the Scheduled Castes, whilst Srihari is from the Backward Classes. Ramachandru Naik is a tribal MLA.

Venkataswamy, an industrialist, had hand over the BJP to sign up for Congress a couple of weeks ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections.

He was once elected to Parliament in 2009 from the Peddapalli constituency. He later joined TRS (now BRS) to place drive at the Congress over the call for for statehood for Telangana.

After the Telangana Bill was once handed within the Parliament in 2014, he returned to Congress.

He once more returned to the TRS in 2016. In 2019, he resigned as marketing consultant to the Telangana govt and give up the ruling celebration after he was once denied a price ticket to contest from the Peddapalli Lok Sabha seat. He joined the BJP, which he hand over once more in November 2023 to go back to Congress.

He was once elected to the Assembly from Chennur constituency in Mancherial district in 2023, defeating sitting MLA Balka Suman of BRS.

Adluri Laxman Kumar is a senior Congress chief and first-time MLA from Dharmapuri in Jagitial district.

Srihari, who started his political profession as a Youth Congress chief, has additionally been related to Congress for over 3 a long time. He was once elected to the Assembly from the Makthal Assembly constituency in Narayanpet district.

Earlier, the Chief Minister additionally introduced that Ramachandra Naik shall be appointed as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He is an MLA from Dornakal constituency in Mahabubabad district.