Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu was on Tuesday unanimously elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the chief ministerial candidate in Andhra Pradesh.
Jana Sena Party chief and Pithapuram MLA K Pawan Kalyan proposed Naidu’s name at the meeting of newly-elected MLAs of the three-party alliance – TDP, Jana Sena Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party – in Vijayawada.
On behalf of the BJP, its state president and newly elected MP from Rajahmundry Daggubati Purandeshwari attended the meeting.
State leaders of the NDA will meet Governor S Abdul Nazeer at Raj Bhavan later in the day with a letter stating the unanimous decision, following which Naidu will be invited to form the government.
The swearing-in ceremony will take place near Kesarapalli I-T Centre, close to the Vijayawada international airport in Gannavaram, at 11.27 am on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several central ministers, chief minters of various NDA-ruled states and other VIPs are expected to attend the ceremony.
NDA allies won 164 seats in the 175-member state assembly, including 135 by the TDP, 21 by the Jana Sena and eight by the BJP. The YSR Congress party, led by outgoing chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, was reduced to 11 assembly seats.
{{/usCountry}}NDA allies won 164 seats in the 175-member state assembly, including 135 by the TDP, 21 by the Jana Sena and eight by the BJP. The YSR Congress party, led by outgoing chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, was reduced to 11 assembly seats.
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