<p>Reshuffle of portfolios following the Cabinet expansion was purely ''an administrative'' exercise, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Reacting to media reports that yesterday's reshuffle had a political angle, a release from CMO said it was carried out on administrative grounds.<br /><br />"It is requested not to ascribe any political overtones to the decision taken purely on administrative grounds in the interest of public at large. The entire Cabinet is working as a team," the release said.<br /><br />Three new ministers were inducted into the state cabinet yesterday. The agriculture portfolio, held by Deputy Chief Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha, has now been entrusted to Kanna Lakshminarayana. New minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy is now the minister for housing, a portfolio held by Lakshminarayana.<br /><br />Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy has been divested of some departments such as medical education, which are now entrusted to K Murali Mohan.<br /><br />Media reports claimed that the Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister were at the receiving end in the exercise.</p>
<p>Reshuffle of portfolios following the Cabinet expansion was purely ''an administrative'' exercise, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Reacting to media reports that yesterday's reshuffle had a political angle, a release from CMO said it was carried out on administrative grounds.<br /><br />"It is requested not to ascribe any political overtones to the decision taken purely on administrative grounds in the interest of public at large. The entire Cabinet is working as a team," the release said.<br /><br />Three new ministers were inducted into the state cabinet yesterday. The agriculture portfolio, held by Deputy Chief Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha, has now been entrusted to Kanna Lakshminarayana. New minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy is now the minister for housing, a portfolio held by Lakshminarayana.<br /><br />Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy has been divested of some departments such as medical education, which are now entrusted to K Murali Mohan.<br /><br />Media reports claimed that the Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister were at the receiving end in the exercise.</p>