Senior BJP leader G. Kishan Reddy continued to gain prominence in the Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet; he will now be handling the coal and mines ministries. He previously handled tourism, culture, and the northeastern regions. Firebrand Telangana leader Bandi Sanjay will be a deputy to Union ho- me minister Amit Shah. This was a post once held by Kishan Reddy.
The lone Cabinet minister from neighboring Andhra Pradesh, TD MP K. Rammohan Naidu, was assigned the ministry of civil aviation. The benefit the state may accrue from the ministry is minimal, as it has already exhausted its options to build air ports. The two ministers of state from AP, however,
G. Kishan Reddy: Coal and mines.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar: MOS MHA got portfolios of some use. Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar of the TD was allotted rural development and communication, while BJP MP B. Srinivas Varma was given heavy industries and steel. Kishan Reddy has won the hearts of the Prime Minister and the second-in-command, Amit Shah, ever since he was inducted into the Cabinet in 2019.
Union coal and mines minister G. Kishan Reddy said that he would go ahead with the ‘Mission 100 Days’ agenda in a day or two by discussing issues with officials, as coal plays a key role in national development in the form of power genera- tion and steel industry. Kishan Reddy assured that he would take up the issue of the the construction of a new airport at Warangal with K. Ramomohan Naidu, the new civil avia- tion minister who hails from AP.Addressing his first press conference in the new post after taking part in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Kishan Reddy said that many private operatorsBJP had been playing a key role in coal mining and the government would ensure seamless coordination with them. Announcing that the Centre would offer special initiatives to generate more revenues, Kishan Reddy said that many states used to face regular power cuts till 2014. After Modi came to power, the government took measures to improve coal production, which helped MANY PRIVATE operators had been playing a key role in coal mining, and the government would insure that there seamless coordination with them.
in generating more power. With increased power consumption in the agriculture, industry, and domestic sectors, the demand for power was increasing, he said. Stating that a number of scams took place in the coal sector during the UPA tenure, Kishan Reddy said that the Modi government had brought transparent policies to check such malpractices in coal mining, supply, and consumption.
He promised to run the coal and mining mines efficiently under the leadership of Narendra Modi. He also pointed out that most of the mines in the country are under the control of the state governments.
Stating that two Telugu states had got good ministries in the new Cabinet, Kishan Reddy expressed happiness on AP’s K. Ramomohan Naidu get- ting the civil aviation port- folio, Bandi Sanjay being appointed as Union home minister Amit Shah’s deputy, and MoS for rural development and communication for Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, The air ports in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakha- patnam and Puttaparthi would get a boost under Rammohan Naidu, he said.
