TDP’s Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu takes oath as Cabinet minister, one of the youngest in Modi 3.0

Thirty-six-year-old Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu secured a third-time victory from Srikakula in north Andhra Pradesh in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election

Updated on: Jun 9, 2024, 20:05:56 IST

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The Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on Sunday took oath as a Cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi 3.0 government at the Centre. The 36-year-old leader secured a third-time victory from Srikakula in north Andhra Pradesh in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election. He defeated Tilak Perada of YSRCP by a margin of 3.2 lakh votes.

Naidu who is the national general secretary of the TDP, is one of the youngest Cabinet members in the Modi 3.0 government. He is the son of TDP leader and former Union minister Yerran Naidu.

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The TDP, part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), won a total of 16 out of the 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh in the 2024 General Elections.

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday announced that two of its newly elected members of parliament (MPs) – Ram Mohan Naidu and Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani – will take oath as ministers alongside Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi. The announcement was made by TDP leader Jayadev Galla, a former lawmaker.

Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for the third consecutive term on Sunday at 7:15pm at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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