Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry

The Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry (or also known as 21st ministry of Andhra Pradesh) of the state of Andhra Pradesh was formed on 11 October 1999 headed by N. Chandrababu Naidu as the Chief Minister following the 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. The cabinet was sworn in a simple ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad. Initially the chief minister and eight other ministers of his council of ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by the then Governor C. Rangarajan.

Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry
21st Ministry of Andhra Pradesh
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Date formed	11 October 1999
Date dissolved	14 May 2004
People and organisations
Governor	C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Member parties	Telugu Desam Party
Status in legislature	Majority 180 / 294 (61%)
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
Opposition leader	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (Leader of the opposition)
History
Election	1999
Outgoing election	1994
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry
Successor	First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry

The cabinet was later expanded and reshuffled for four times citing several reasons on different occasions during the five year tenure to end on 14 May 2004.^[1][2]

Background

The 1999 Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly elections were swept by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). The TDP bagged 180 seats in the election and formed the government. N. Chandrababu Naidu incumbent chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh continued to be the chief minister for the second term.^[3] The Second N. Chandrababu Naidu Ministry was initially constituted with a nine member council consisting of the chief minister and other eight ministers on 11 October 1999 with a formal oath taking ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad constituted by the then Governor C Rangarajan. The eight ministers constituted a combination of seven cabinet rank ministers and one minister of state. The cabinet was expanded by inducting twenty six new ministers, Increasing the strength of the cabinet to thirty five. Besides the chief minister, the council consisted of twenty six cabinet ministers and eight ministers of state on 22 October 1999. Two others took the oath later, one as a cabinet minister and the other as a minister of state.^[4] Later with the assassination of the incumbent cabinet rank minister Alimineti Madhava Reddy on 7 March 2000, his wife Uma Madhava Reddy was inducted into the cabinet to substitute the vacant ministry post on 6 November 2000.^[5]

Later with the death of the incumbent minister Karnam Ramachandra Rao on 13 May 2002 due to ill health^[6] and the resignation of other two incumbent ministers, where the Suddala Devaiah, minister of state quit of murder charge on 17 June 2002^[7][8] and Pocharam Srinivas Reddy in September 2002 on allegations in the involvement of the minister in a corruption, paved way for another set of expansion and reshuffling of the council.^[9] On 11 September 2002, the council had a minor reshuffling with the ministerial duties of the existing ministers, and inducting three new ministers into the cabinet.^[10] The council reshuffling majorly involved the induction of ministers from the Telangana region.^[11][12] The council further remained the same until the end of the legislative tenure i.e 14 May 2004.^[13]

Prior to the minor council reshuffling in 2002, the council witnessed a major council reshuffling in 2001. On 26 November 2001, the council was reshuffled by dropping eight ministers and inducting eleven new ones. Council consisting of six cabinet-rank ministers and five ministers of state. The strength of the council stood at thirty nine ministers as of 2001, with twenty nine cabinet-rank ministers and ten ministers of state. ^[14]

Achievements

Main article: Chief Ministership of Nara Chandrababu Naidu

The Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry witnessed the implementation of new reforms in the field of information and technology in the state of Andhra Pradesh.^[15][16][17]

Council of Ministers

Key † Assassinated or died in office RES Resigned from office ⍟ Promoted to cabinet level

SI No.	Portfolio	Minister	Constituency	Tenure		Party
				Took office	Left office
	Chief Minister
1	General Administration and all other Portfolios not allotted to other Ministers	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Kuppam	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
	Cabinet Ministers
2	Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	Vizianagaram	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
3	Home, Jails, Fire Services, Sainik Welfare, Film Development Corporation, Cinematography	Tulla Devender Goud	Medchal	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
4	Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Rural Water Supply and Employment Generation	Alimineti Madhava Reddy	Bhongir	11 October 1999	7 March 2000 †		TDP
5	Transport	B. Vishwa Mohan Reddy	Yemmiganur	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
6	Finance, Planning, Small Savings, Lotteries and Legislative Affairs	Yanamala Ramakrishnudu	Tuni	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
7	Agriculture and Horticulture	Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao	Mylavaram	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
8	Roads, Building and Ports	K. Vijayarama Rao	Khairatabad	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
9	Medical, Health and Family Welfare	Sanakkayala Aruna	Guntur-II	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
10	Forest, Environment, Science & Technology	Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu	Narispatnam	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
11	Law and Courts	P. Chandrasekhar	Mahbubnagar	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
12	Municipal Administration, Urban Development, Minorities Welfare, Waqf, Urdu Academy	N. M. D. Farooq	Nandyal	22 October 1999	11 September 2002		TDP
	Higher Education			11 September 2002	14 May 2004		TDP
13	Food, Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology, Consumer Affairs	Nagam Janardhan Reddy	Nagarkurnool	22 October 1999	11 September 2002		TDP
	Medical, Health and Family Welfare			11 September 2002	14 May 2004		TDP
14	Commercial Taxes	J. Lakshmi Padmavathi	Parchur	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
15	Prohibition and Excise	Thummala Nageswara Rao	Sathupalli	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
	Roads and Buildings			26 November 2001	14 May 2004
16	Minor Irrigation, A.P.I.D.C., Ground Water Development and Sericulture	K. E. Prabhakar	Dhone	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
17	Social Welfare	K. Pushpaleela	Ibrahimpatnam	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
18	Co-operation	Chikkala Ramachandra Rao	Tallarevu	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
19	Higher Education	Karnam Ramachandra Rao	Medak	22 October 1999	13 May 2002 †		TDP
20	Small Scale Industries, Khadi & Village Industries, C.M.E.Y., Sports, Youth Services and Self Employment	Tammineni Sitaram	Amadalavalasa	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
21	Endowments	Dandu Sivarama Raju	Undi	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
22	School Education, Adult Education, Libraries, Museums, Archaeology and Archives.	Kadiyam Srihari	Ghanpur (Station)	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
23	Mines and Geology	Pocharam Srinivas Reddy	Banswada	22 October 1999	5 September 2002 RES [a]		TDP
24	Energy, Coal and Boilers	Kothapalli Subbarayudu	Narasapuram	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
25	Marketing, Ware Housing Corporation	Bijivemula Veera Reddy	Badvel	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
26	Major Irrigation and Medium Irrigation	Mandava Venkateshwara Rao	Nizamabad Rural	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
27	Major Industries, Commerce and Export Promotion	Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao	Chintalapudi	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
28	Information & Public Relations and Cultural Affairs	Naramalli Sivaprasad	Chittoor	22 October 1999 [b]	26 November 2001		TDP
29	Mines & Geology	Uma Madhava Reddy	Bhongir	6 November 2000	14 May 2004		TDP
30	Information & Broadcasting	Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy	Sarvepalli	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP
31	Labour & Tourism	Talasani Srinivas Yadav	Secunderabad	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP
32	Information Technology, Roads and Buildings	Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy	Sri Kalahasti	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP
33		J. R. Pushparaj	Tadikonda	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP
34		P. Ramasubba Reddy	Jammalamadugu	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP
35	Major Irrigation and Medium Irrigation	Kodela Siva Prasada Rao	Narasaraopet	26 November 2001	11 September 2002		TDP
	Panchayati Raj and Rural Development and Civil Supplies			11 September 2002	14 May 2004		TDP
36		Muddasani Damodar Reddy	Kamalapur	11 September 2002 ⍟	14 May 2004		TDP
37	Technical Education and Training	Nerella Anjaneyulu	Yellareddy	11 September 2002	14 May 2004		TDP
38	Labour	Pally Babu Mohan	Andole	11 September 2002	14 May 2004		TDP
39		C. Muthyam Reddy	Dommat	11 September 2002	14 May 2004		TDP
	Ministers of State
40	Social Welfare, Women Welfare & Family Welfare	Somineni Saraswati	Kodur	11 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
41	Handlooms, Textiles, Printing and Stationery	P. Bhumanna	Adilabad	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
42	Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development	Kristappa Nimmala	Gorantla	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
43	Labour and Employment	C. Krishna Yadav	Himayathnagar	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
44	Tribal Welfare and Disabled Welfare	M. Mani Kumari	Araku	22 October 1999	14 May 2004		TDP
45	Tourism and Sugar	Enugala Peddi Reddy	Huzurabad	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
46	Housing	A. Prabhakar Reddy	Alur	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
47	Technical Education, Industrial Training Institutions	Alapati Rajendra Prasad	Vemuru	22 October 1999	26 November 2001		TDP
48	Backward Classes Welfare and Fisheries	N. Narasimha Rao	Bandar	22 October 1999 [b]	14 May 2004		TDP
49		Damacharla Anjaneyulu	Kondapi	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP
50		Muddasani Damodar Reddy	Kamalapur	26 November 2001	11 September 2002 ⍟		TDP
51		Suddala Devaiah	Narella	26 November 2001	17 June 2002 RES		TDP
52		Pathivada Narayanaswamy Naidu	Bhogapuram	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP
53		Pothuganti Ramulu	Achampet	26 November 2001	14 May 2004		TDP

Notes

1. Date of resignation is unclear
2. Minister did not take oath on this mentioned date

See also

• Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers
• First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry
• First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry