Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Strips Two CMO Aides of All Powers

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Strips Two CMO Aides of All Powers

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has stripped all powers of his principal adviser Ajay Kallam and additional chief secretary P V Ramesh, all but showing them the exit doors of the Chief Minister’s Office.

Praveen Prakash, principal secretary to the chief minister, is now head of CMO. Most of the subjects handled by Kallam have been transferred to him. As per the revised allocation of subjects, Prakash will take care of General Admin GAD), Home, Revenue, Finance (excluding expenditure), Law, CMO establishment.

The charges of Education and Health were removed from Dr Ramesh and allotted to Solmon Arokhyaraj, secretary to the CM, and K Dhanunjay Reddy, additional secretary to the CM, respectively. Another special secretary J Murali has also been stripped of all subjects.

Former chief secretary Kallam played a vital role in the YSR Congress’ pitch for the 2019 election and was the architect of the village secretariat system. He was initially made head of CMO and given the all-important subjects GAD, Revenue, Finance and Infrastructure. He was involved in all decision-making. DC