Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers JP Nadda, ex-Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Union Minister Chirag Paswan and several other leaders are attending oath-taking ceremony.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday took oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth term in grand ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda. Chandrababu Naidu first took charge of Andhra Pradesh as Chief Minister in 1995, then in 1999, and 2014. Naidu also holds the record of longest continuous term as Andhra CM which is 8 years and 256 days. Governor S Abdul Nazeer administered the oath of office to Chandrababu Naidu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugged Chandrababu Naidu soon after he took oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
According to NDA sources, Pawan Kalyan has been offered the Deputy chief minister's post. Janasena is being offered three cabinet berths and the BJP one. In the 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly, the cabinet can have 26 ministers, including the chief minister.
In separate meetings on Tuesday, the Telugu Desam Legislature Party and NDA partners elected Naidu as their leader. Addressing the legislators, Naidu asserted that he is committed to developing Amaravati as the sole capital of the state.
TDP sources said invitations for oath ceremony have been extended to farmers who gave their land for the Amaravati capital project and also to some people who were allegedly harassed during the previous YSR Congress regime.
A look back at Naidu's stint as Andhra Pradesh CM in the past
Chandrababu Naidu became chief minister of then undivided Andhra Pradesh for the first time in 1995 and served two consecutive terms. In 2014 he became the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh post-bifurcation and served in the post till 2019. Following a landslide victory in the 2024 elections, Naidu is returning as chief minister for the fourth term.
The NDA in Andhra Pradesh, comprising TDP, BJP and Janasena, secured a brute majority in the Assembly with 164 seats. In the Lok Sabha polls that were conducted simultaneously, the alliance got 21 of the 25 parliamentary constituencies in the state.
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