Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who has expressed his displeasure over the functioning of his cabinet colleagues during a recent cabinet meeting, is said to be on a minor cabinet reshuffle mission. His warning that ‘unless you change yourself I have to change you’ is said to be indicating his intention to get rid of a few ministers.
As many as six ministers are reportedly in red zone. Already, he has to keep up his earlier announcement of inducting Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan’s elder brother K Nagababu into the cabinet. It is interesting that he himself made that announcement without any formal request from Jana Sena or Pawan Kalyan. Already six months over after his announcement and Nagababu keenly waiting for his chance.
In the wake of the coalition government completing a year in AP, several surveys have been released on the government’s performance, Chandrababu is said to be focusing on the performance of his ministers. The Surveys have been indicating that it would be difficult for about 40-50 MLAs to win back. Special mentions were also made of the performance of ministers. Many ministers also appeared in the red zone in these surveys.
In this context, CM Chandrababu expressed his extreme dissatisfaction with the performance of ministers in the recent cabinet meeting. He gave signals that who did not perform as expected would be fired. With this, it seems that Chandrababu is preparing to take many people along with Nagababu and send some others along.
On this basis, Praveen Pullata, a well-known surveyor who is close to the TDP, has revealed his predictions on which ministers may be sacked or whose portfolios may be cut, changes and additions may be made if the cabinet is purged. He also bluntly mentioned the names of the cabinet ministers.
Praveen’s tweet that the ministers may be sacked or changes and additions may be made is becoming a hot topic of discussion among the ministers, MLAs and aspirants. According to Praveen Pullata’s estimates, if the cabinet purge is carried out, Vasamsetty Subhash, Gottipati Ravikumar, Mandipalli Ram Prasad Reddy, S. Savitha and three other ministers are on the hit list.
He predicts that the field is ready for sacking them, and there will also be a change in portfolios. Gottipati and Kollu Ravindra are only in the name, everything is being run by the top brass. He also gave another hint. However, it is not clear what is in Chandrababu’s mind.
