Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony highlights: 21 TDP MLAs, 3 Janasena, 1 BJP sworn in as cabinet ministers

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth term today in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and J P Nadda and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Janasena chief and actor Pawan Kalyan, Nara Lokesh, son of Chandrababu Naidu, among others, took oath as Ministers. Read more.

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Naidu and other ministers who took oath as cabinet ministers today.

“Attended the oath taking ceremony of the new Andhra Pradesh Government. Congratulations to Shri @ncbn Garu on becoming the Chief Minister and also to all the others who took oath as Ministers in the Government. The @JaiTDP, @JanaSenaParty and @BJP4Andhra Government is fully committed to taking AP to new heights of glory and fulfilling the aspirations of the state's youth,” he wrote in a post on X.

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: Actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan took oath as one of Andhra Pradesh's cabinet ministers. Kalyan, the chief of the Janasena Party and one of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members who fought the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections together, was elected the leader of the Legislative party on Tuesday.

Reportedly, Kalyan is likely to be the deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Read more here

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: After attending the swearing-in ceremony of Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said, “It is a historic day. The people of the state are very happy today as Chandrababu Naidu took oath as CM for the fourth time. PM Modi, Union HM and JP Nadda were present there. The oath ceremony was very well organised. Chandrababu Naidu has also supported NDA to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of the country. I want to thank and congratulate him.”

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: After attending the swearing-in ceremony of Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister Anupriya Patel said, “A big congratulations to the new CM N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan Both of them are now going to lead the state. All the people who have been sworn-in today and will be a part of the new council of ministers, I congratulate them. I am sure they will do good work for the people of the state.”

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan felicitate Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the swearing-in ceremony of N Chandrababu Naidu as Andhra Pradesh CM.

1. N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister

2. Konidela Pawan Kalyan (Jana Sena)

3. Nara Lokesh

4. Nadendla Manohar (Jana Sena)

5. K Atchennaidu

6. Vangalapudi Anitha

7. Anagani Satya Prasad

8. Nimmala Rama Naidu

9. Satya Kumar Yadav

10. Anam Ramnarayana Reddy

11. Kollu Ravindra

12. Kolusu Partha Sarathy

13. Ponguru Narayana

14. N Md Farooq

15. Payyavula Kesav

16. Kandula Durgesh (Jana Sena)

17. Dola Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy

18. Gottipati Ravi Kumar

19. Gummadi Sandhya Rani

20. B C Janardhan Reddy

21. T G Bharath

22. S Savitha

23. Vasamsetty Subhash

24. Kondapalli Kondapalli Srinivas

25. Mandipalli Ram Prasad Reddy

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: The Naidu-led cabinet has 21 MLAs from the TDP, three from the Janasena Party and one from the BJP.

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.

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: Satya Kumar Yadav is the lone MLA from BJP taking oath as a minister in the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony LIVE: Konidela Pawan Kalyan, Nadendla Manohar and Kandula Durgesh sworn in as ministers representing the Janasena Party.

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: TDP leader Nara Lokesh takes oath as a minister of the Andhra Pradesh government.

Chandrababu Naidu Live Updates: Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan attended the swearing-in ceremony of TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh CM-designate N Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony LIVE: The TDP MLAs who are taking oaths include Nara Lokesh, Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, Nimmala Ramanaidu, NMD Farooq, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Payyavula Kesav, Kollu Ravindra, Ponguru Narayana, Vangalapudi Anita, Anagani Satya Prasad, Kolusu Parthasaradhi, Kola Balaveeranjaneya Swamy, Gottipati Ravi, Gummadi Sandhyarani, BC Janardhan Reddy, TG Bharath, S Savitha, Vasamsetty Subhash, Kondapalli Srinivas and Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony LIVE: Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan took oath as Andhra Pradesh minister.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony LIVE: The TDP chief took oath as the Andhra Pradesh chief minister for the fourth term.

Naidu first assumed the role of chief minister 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.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived to attend the swearing in event.

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Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: Naidu first assumed the role of chief minister 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.

The YSR Congress, led by Jagan Mohan Reddy, rose to power in 2019, dethroning Naidu's TDP and winning 151 of the 175 seats.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari, Ramdas Athawale, Anupriya Patel and Chirag Paswan; Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, NCP leader Praful Patel and former vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu attend the swearing-in ceremony of TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh CM-designate N Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: Former vice-president of India Venkaiah Naidu arrived at the swearing-in event venue at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram Airport on the outskirts of Vijayawada.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: Actor-politician Nandamuri Balakrishna meets Union Ministers Chirag Paswan and Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu at Gannavaram Mandal, Kesarapalli IT Park where the swearing-in ceremony of TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh CM-designate N Chandrababu Naidu.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: Actors Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi have arrived at the venue to attend N Chandrababu Naidu's swearing-in event.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: The Congress on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give clarity on whether he would deliver the special category status for Andhra Pradesh. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh shared on X his speech in the Rajya Sabha from seven years ago about the Modi government's "failure" to deliver on the promise of the AP Reorganisation Act of 2014.

Ramesh's post comes hours before the oath-taking ceremony of the new Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu.

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: NCP leader Praful Patel arrived in Vijayawada to attend the swearing-in ceremony of TDP chief & Andhra Pradesh CM-designate N Chandrababu Naidu.

Upon arriving, he said, “Chandrababu Naidu is a very dynamic leader, a visionary who transformed erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. I am sure there will be a new era of development in the state under his leadership now. Pawan Kalyan has changed the way people think abut politicians. I am sure this team of Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan will do good work and transform Andhra Pradesh.”

Chandrababu Naidu Oath Ceremony Live: Seniors like Kanna Lakshminarayana, Ganta Srinivas Rao, Gorantla Buchaiah Chowdary, Ch Ayyanna Patrudu and Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy from TDP and Konathala Ramakrishna from Jana Sena Party could not find a place in the cabinet.