All the 24 Ministers in the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet submitted their resignations to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy immediately after Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
The resignations have been necessiated as Mr. Jagan had announced at the time of forming the Government that the Cabinet would be reconstituted after two and a half years to give an opportunity to others. The current Cabinet was sworn in on June 8, 2019, and was supposed to be in office till December 8, 2021. For a variety of reasons, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cabinet reorganisation was put off even past the due date.
Later, speaking to reporters, Municipal Administration Minister Botsa Satyanarayana said the Chief Minister had already said that there would be a Cabinet reshuffle after two and half years. Every Minister submitted their resignation happily and voluntarily, he said.
