Nara Lokesh may get Andhra Pradesh Cabinet berth
Sources said that a nominated MLC would be asked to step down to make way for Nara Lokesh.
Hyderabad: If the present indications in the Telugu Desam are anything to go by, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh might be inducted in the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet in the next reshuffle.
Lokesh was appointed as general secretary of the Telugu Desam Central Committee last year. Some leaders have been suggesting to the Chief Minister of late to induct Mr Lokesh in the Cabinet to provide the much-needed “face of the youth” and give him the industrial and IT infrastructure development portfolio. According to a Telugu Desam MP, Naidu has responded positively to the suggestions.
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Sources said that a nominated MLC would be asked to step down to make way for Lokesh. There has been no reshuffle of the Cabinet since it was formed on June 8, 2014, and party sources said that the Chief Minister had indicated that a reshuffle would take place in June, after the Telugu Desam completed two years in office.
Earlier it had been rumoured that Lokesh would be sent to the Rajya Sabha where he would replace Sujana Chowdary in the Union council of ministers.