Mahender Reddy inducted into cabinet before Telangana elections

Barely three months ahead of the elections to the Telangana state assembly, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday took up a minor cabinet expansion by inducting a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) lawmaker into his team, people familiar with the matter said.

Senior state legislative council member Patnam Mahender Reddy was sworn in as a minister in the state cabinet. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Reddy at a brief and simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan on Thursday evening.

Apart from the chief minister, his cabinet colleagues and several other BRS leaders and officials were present at the occasion.