In the past, there were jumbo cabinets. There were more than 70 ministers in T Anjaiah’s cabinet. The number was limited due to the rules made to prevent these. With this, the number of cabinet ministers in the Lok Sabha as well as in any state assembly cannot exceed 15 percent.
But now in Andhra Pradesh, TDP chief and state Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has appointed whips like never before. In a word, it can be said that there are more whips in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly now than YSRCP MLAs. A total of 15 whips have been appointed, providing space for coalition parties Jana Sena and BJP as well as TDP members.
It can be said that there have never been such a large number of whips in the past. Naturally, whether it is the chief whip or the whips, they are appointed for coordination between the parties in the assembly and other needs. Now, if YSRCP is one of the four parties in the assembly in AP the remaining three parties, namely… TDP, Jana Sena and BJP, are partners in the government.
Vinukonda MLA GV Anjaneyulu has been appointed as the Chief Whip in the AP Assembly and Panchumarthi Anuradha as the Chief Whip in the AP Legislative Council.
If a total of 15 people are given a place as whips in the AP Assembly, among them are Bendalam Ashok, Yanamala Divya, Bonda Uma, Thatla Subbaraju, Dr. Thomas, Jagadeeswari, Kalva Srinivasulu, Madhavi Reddappa, Ganababu, PGVR Naidu, Tangirala Soumya, Yarlagadda Venkat Rao from TDP.
Bolisetty Srinivas, Bommidi Naykar, Arava Sridhar have been appointed as whips from Jana Sena and Adinarayana Reddy has been appointed as whip from BJP. However, when it comes to the post of Assembly Chief Whip, the sudden emergence of G.V. Anjaneyulu, a name that was not in the campaign anywhere, has shocked even the TDP circles.
However, party leaders say that a lot of behind-the-scenes dealings have taken place in this matter. TDP leaders are expressing the opinion that other factors played a key role than his performance while in the opposition.
