Andhra CM strips two CMO officials 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 to win 2019 election and was the architect of the village secretariat system. 
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