Revanth Reddy ministry

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Revanth Reddy ministry
3rd Ministry of Telangana
Revanth Reddy
Portrait of Telangana CM Revanth Reddy.png
Revanth Reddy
Date formed7 December 2023(9 months ago) (2023-12-07)
People and organisations
Governor
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy
No. of ministers12
Total no. of members12
Member parties  Indian National Congress
Status in legislature Majority
75 / 119 (63%)
1 / 119 (0.8%)
Opposition cabinet
  • 28 / 119 (24%)
    BRS
  • 15 / 119 (13%)
    Others
Opposition party  Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Opposition leader K. Chandrashekar Rao
(Assembly)
S. Madhusudhana Chary
(Council)
History
Election 2023
Outgoing election 2023
Legislature term5 years
Predecessor Second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry

The Revanth Reddy ministry represents the third cabinet of the Indian state of Telangana under the leadership of Revanth Reddy, who has been elected as the second Chief Minister of Telangana. The Indian National Congress (INC), led by Revanth Reddy, secured an absolute majority in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, winning 64 out of the 119 seats in the state assembly. [1] [2]

Contents

Reddy assumed the office of Chief Minister of Telangana in a swearing-in ceremony held at L. B. Stadium, Hyderabad on 7 December 2023. The oath of office and secrecy was administered to him and his eleven member cabinet by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. [3] [4]

Council of Ministers

Source: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

PortfolioMinisterConstituencyTenureParty
Took officeLeft office
Chief Minister
Anumula Revanth Reddy Kodangal 7 December 2023Incumbent INC
Deputy Chief Minister
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka Madhira (SC)7 December 2023Incumbent INC
Cabinet Ministers
  • Irrigation & Command Area Development
  • Food and Civil Supplies
 Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy Huzurnagar 7 December 2023Incumbent INC
Ponnam Prabhakar Husnabad 7 December 2023Incumbent
  • Roads and Buildings
  • Cinematography
 Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Nalgonda 7 December 2023Incumbent
Konda Surekha Warangal East 7 December 2023Incumbent
Dansari Anasuya Seethakka Mulug (ST)7 December 2023Incumbent
Duddilla Sridhar Babu Manthani 7 December 2023Incumbent
  • Revenue
  • Housing
  • Information and Public Relations.
 Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy Palair 7 December 2023Incumbent
Thummala Nageswara Rao Khammam 7 December 2023Incumbent
  • Health, Medical and Family Welfare
  • Science and Technology
 Damodar Raja Narasimha Andole (SC)7 December 2023Incumbent
  • Prohibition & Excise
  • Tourism & Culture
  • Archaeology
 Jupally Krishna Rao Kollapur 7 December 2023Incumbent

Major decisions

On the day of Reddy's swearing-in, the iron barricades at the entrance to the chief minister's office were removed. Reddy announced his availability at the office to listen to people's grievances daily from 8 December 2023, reflecting the promise of people's government. [10]

Another promise was fulfilled on 9 December 2023, when free bus rides for women were announced by the Telangana Government. [11]

The Telangana state government has donated Rs 3 crore to the Tablighi Jamaat [12] and the Telangana State High Court has issued a notice for doing so. [13]

Demographics

Representation of Ministers by district

  Khammam (25%)
  Medak (8.33%)
  Mulugu (8.33%)
  Nagarkurnool (8.33%)
  Nalgonda (8.33%)
  Peddapalli (8.33%)
  Siddipet (8.33%)
  Suryapet (8.33%)
  Vikarabad (8.33%)
  Warangal (8.33%)
DistrictMinistersName of ministers
Adilabad ––
Kumuram Bheem Asifabad ––
Mancherial ––
Nirmal ––
Nizamabad ––
Jagtial ––
Peddapalli 1
Kamareddy
Rajanna Sircilla
Karimnagar
Jayashankar Bhupalpally
Sangareddy
Medak 1
Siddipet 1
Jangaon
Hanamkonda
Warangal 1
Mulugu 1
Bhadradri kothagudem
Khammam 3
Mahabubabad
Suryapet 1
Nalgonda 1
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
Medchal–Malkajgiri
Hyderabad
Ranga Reddy
Vikarabad 1
Narayanpet
Mahabubnagar
Nagarkurnool 1
Wanaparthy
Jogulamba Gadwal

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