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Vijaywada: Telgugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu took oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, and Nitin Gadkari among others.
After taking oath as Chief Minister Naidu shared a hug with PM Modi on stage.
This is the fourth time that Naidu is assuming charge as Andhra Chief Minister and the second time after the bi-furcation in 2014.
Andhra governor S Abdul Nazeer, former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundarajan were present at the swearing-in. Naidu’s son and TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh, Union Minister Rammohan Naidu, actors Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth, Nandamuri Balakrishna were also present on occasion.
Naidu had led the TDP- BJP-Janasena National Democratic Alliance to a landslide victory in the Assembly as well as parliamentary elections.
Chandrababu Naidu swearing-in ceremony
Telugu Desam Party supremo Chandrababu Naidu is set to be sworn in on Wednesday as the 18th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
The swearing-in of Naidu as Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and his cabinet will be attended by BJP’s top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers, Amit Shah and JP Nadda, among others.
As per information, a 24-member Cabinet will also take oath today alongwith the Chief Minister at around 11.27 am in a ceremony held at Kesarpalli IT Park in Gannavaram Mandal on the outskirts of Vijayawada.
Naidu had led the TDP- BJP-Janasena National Democratic Alliance to a landslide victory in the Assembly as well as parliamentary elections
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo was unanimously elected the leader of the NDA in the Andhra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday at a meeting of the TDP, Janasena Party and BJP legislators.
On Tuesday, Andhra Governor S Abdul Nazeer invited Naidu to form the government and today the oath-taking ceremony will be held.
This will be the fourth time Naidu assumes charge as Andhra Chief Minister and the second time after the bi-furcation in 2014. Heavy security arrangements have been put in place as part of the oath-taking ceremony.
Amit Shah and Nadda were received by Naidu’s son and TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh at the Gannavaram airport last evening, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony.
Early visuals from the venue ahead of the ceremony showed huge number of supporters already gathered to witness the TDP supremo assuming office of Chief Minister.
TDP holds the majority in Andhra Pradesh 175-member assembly with 135 MLAs, while its allies, the Janasena Party, has 21 and BJP has eight. The opposition YSR Congress Party has 11 legislators.
As per a list released by the TDP, the Cabinet will have 21 MLAs from the TDP, three from the Janasena Party and one from the BJP.
