CM Revanth Makes Please All Allocation of Portfolios
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday made a please-all allotment of portfolios to his Cabinet ministers after taking approval from the Congress central leadership, giving Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka the crucial finance and energy ministries and N. Uttam Kumar Reddy irrigation and civil supplies. Though it was rumoured that senior leaders vied for the crucial revenue portfolio, Revanth Reddy picked Khammam strongman Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who played crucial role in securing a large number of seats in Khammam and Warangal for the party, for the job and also entrusted him with the responsibility of handling the media by allotting him the information and public relations portfolio. Revanth Reddy also made a smart move by handing over information technology and industry to D. Sridhar Babu who according to partymen is best suited for the two portfolios held by former minister K.T. “While the Chief Minister has ensured that all the ministers got good portfolios, he also displayed political shrewdness with regard to allotting portfolios like finance, energy and civil supplies as the ministers will have ensure fund availability, power supply and paddy procurement or face criticism for poor performance,” a senior Congress leader pointed out.