TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu today took oath of office as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh today. Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan also took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. Along with these two, 23 more ministers took oath of office including two more legislators from the Jana Sena and one from BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the oath ceremony besides Union Home Minister Amit Shah. However, several celebrities were also present during the high-profile event held at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram Airport, Vijayawada.
The ceremony was a star-studded affair featuring variety of guests, including several prominent actors from the South. Film actor and Padma Vibhushan awardee Konidela Chiranjeevi and actor Rajinikanth, actor-politician Nandamuri Balakrishna attended the oath-taking ceremony. Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan—who is going to be the deputy chief minister—is Chiranjeevi's youngest brother, while Ram Charan and Allu Arjun are Kalyan's nephews.
In addition, several chief ministers, including Bihar's Nitish Kumar, Rajasthan's Bhajan Lal Sharma, Uttarakhand's Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Maharashtra's Eknath Shinde, attended the ceremony. Chandrababu Naidu has also invited farmers who gave their lands for the construction of Andhra Capital. It's not yet clear whether former CM Jagan Mohan Reddy will attend the event or not.
The BJP-TDP-Jana Sena alliance swept the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections winning 164 seats out of the total 175. Naidu will become Chief Minister for the fourth time, breaking the record of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao who ruled the state for three terms.
