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Just an hour had hardly passed when two ministers of Andhra Government sent their resignation to the newly elected Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy around midnight on Wednesday after the allocation of portfolios triggered rebellion amongst the council of ministers.

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Two ministers namely- Vatti Vasantha Kumar and Komatirddi Venkat Reddy as per report of the sources have already sent their resignation to the Chief Minister. Sources clarified that just few hours after swearing-in; the new Tourism Minister Vatti Vasantha Kumar has submitted his resignation. Vasantha Kumar was not happy with the Tourism portfolio he received in the new cabinet.

One of the senior leader even asked chief minister that whether he wanted the congress party to survive in Andhra Pradesh or get reduced to its 1994 status when it won only 27 seats and could not even become the main opposition party.

Sources have reported that the apple of discord was that all the revenue earning portfolios were allocated to ministers belonging to the Reddy community while those from the backward classes were given ‘insignificant’ (non-revenue generating) portfolios.

In the new cabinet, 14 berths including finance, agriculture, major irrigation, health, municipal administration and panchayat raj were given to Reddy’s while the BCs were given just about 10 and that too not very important.

The chief minister reportedly conveyed through Aanam that the portfolios issue could be discussed at the Cabinet meeting scheduled for tomorrow but the sulking ministers were in no mood to relent. He also contended that some major ministers were given ‘less important’ portfolios due to corruption allegation on them.

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