On Wednesday, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu took oath as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for a fourth term and Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan as his deputy.
Naidu’s son and TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh, TDP’s Andhra Pradesh unit chief K Atchannaidu, and Jana Sena Party political affairs committee chairman Nadendla Manohar were among the 24 ministers, who were sworn in, too.
Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer, on Monday invited the TDP chief to form the government.
The swearing in ceremony took place near Medha IT Park opposite Gannavaram Airport in Kesarapalli on the outskirts of Vijayawada.
Many dignitaries were present in his swearing in ceremony including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J P Nadda.
The NDA achieved a victory in the recent Lok Sabha and state assembly elections, securing 164 out of 175 assembly seats and 21 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats.
The TDP chief marked his return on the CM post for a fourth term, ousting the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party’s (YSRCP) YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Notably, Naidu became chief minister first in 1995, before the Andhra bifurcation and he led the state until 2004 for nine consecutive years. The TDP supremo returned as the chief minister of the bifurcated Andhra in 2014 and served until 2019.
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