Amaravati: Kurupam MLA-elect Pamula Pushpa Sreevani from Vizianagaram district has been sworn-in as a cabinet minister of the YSRCP government on Saturday.

She defeated TDP’s Narasimhapriya Thatraj by a margin of 26,602 votes. Though many YSRCP MLAs joined the TDP, she remained loyal to the party, which helped her get an elevation.

A native of Doramamidi village of Buttayagudem mandal in West Godavari district, she was as a teacher before foraying into politics. After marrying Satrucharla Parikshit Raj, she came to Kurupam.

In what the YSR Congress called a "socially-inclusive Cabinet," 25 new ministers were Saturday inducted into the Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's Council of Ministers in Andhra Pradesh.

In line with his electoral promise, Jaganmohan Reddy gave Cabinet berths to seven legislators from the backward classes, five from the Scheduled Castes, one each from the Scheduled Tribes and Muslims, and four each from the Kapu and the Reddy communities.

The Kamma community, which dominated the previous Chandrababu Naidu Cabinet, got just one berth now.

The Kshatriya and the Vysya communities also got one berth each.

State Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at a glittering public function adjacent to the Secretariat at Velagapudi in capital Amaravati.

The 26-member Cabinet, including the Chief Minister, has three women members; two from the Scheduled Castes and one from the Scheduled Tribes.

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