Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy announced on Friday that there will be five Deputy Chief Ministers in his 25-member Cabinet, which will be sworn in on Saturday.

Speaking to 151 YSR Congress Party candidates who were elected to the Assembly but have not yet been sworn in and seven MLCs at the second YSR Congress Legislature Party meeting at the Tadepalli party office, Mr. Reddy said the Deputy Chief Minister posts would be given to five MLAs-elect belonging to the Backward Classes, the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the minorities and Kapus respectively. The Kapu community has been agitating to be included in the Backward Classes.

Mr. Reddy met Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, who came here from Hyderabad in the evening for the swearing-in of the Cabinet, and submitted to him the list of 25 legislators to be sworn in as Ministers on Saturday

Mr. Reddy told the legislators that 90% of the Cabinet members would be replaced after two and a half years to give a chance to as many members as possible. While it was not possible for all 151 MLAs to become Ministers, nearly double the number of 25 could be accommodated through this rotation system.

The YSRCP legislators said Mr. Jagan in his speech indicated that the purpose behind having five Deputy Chief Ministers was to ensure that these sections get the priority they deserve.