By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: Anumala Revanth Reddy was sworn in as the second Chief Minister of Telangana at a public ceremony in front of a large number of people and Congress activists at a glittering ceremony at LB Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday. He is the first Chief Minister of Congress. He took the oath in the name of god.
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy by Revanth Reddy.
Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and others were present. The entire LB stadium and all the roads leading to the stadium were packed with Congress workers and followers of Revanth Reddy.
Congress President Kharge with party leaders Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the swearing-in ceremony of Revanth Reddy | PTI
Besides Revath Reddy, 11 members of his cabinet took the oath of office.They are: Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu (Deputy Chief Minister), N Uttam Kumar Reddy, C Damodar Rajanarasimha, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha, D Anasuya Seethakka, Tummala Nageswara Rao and Jupally Krishna Rao. Most of the Ministers took oath in the name of god. However, Anasuya took oath in the name of “Pavitra Hrudayam” (sacred heart).
After taking oath all the Ministers thanked Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi even hugged Konda Surekha. Jupally Krishna, after taking the oath, touched the feet of Sonia Gandhi. The total strength of the Cabinet is 18 including Chief Minister. The remaining six Ministers would be inducted into the Cabinet in due course.
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Speaker Prasad:
Gaddam Prasad Kumar will be sworn in as Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly.
Traffic restrictions removed:
The city police removed the barricades near Pragathi Bhavan, which was the official residence of former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Revanth Reddy already declared that he would not use Pragathi Bhavan as his official residence and it would used for the public. Revanth Reddy, for the time being, function from his residence in Jubilee Hills. Follow channel on WhatsApp
HYDERABAD: Anumala Revanth Reddy was sworn in as the second Chief Minister of Telangana at a public ceremony in front of a large number of people and Congress activists at a glittering ceremony at LB Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday. He is the first Chief Minister of Congress. He took the oath in the name of god.
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy by Revanth Reddy.
Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and others were present. The entire LB stadium and all the roads leading to the stadium were packed with Congress workers and followers of Revanth Reddy. googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Congress President Kharge with party leaders Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the swearing-in ceremony of Revanth Reddy | PTI
Besides Revath Reddy, 11 members of his cabinet took the oath of office.They are: Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu (Deputy Chief Minister), N Uttam Kumar Reddy, C Damodar Rajanarasimha, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha, D Anasuya Seethakka, Tummala Nageswara Rao and Jupally Krishna Rao. Most of the Ministers took oath in the name of god. However, Anasuya took oath in the name of “Pavitra Hrudayam” (sacred heart).
After taking oath all the Ministers thanked Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi even hugged Konda Surekha. Jupally Krishna, after taking the oath, touched the feet of Sonia Gandhi. The total strength of the Cabinet is 18 including Chief Minister. The remaining six Ministers would be inducted into the Cabinet in due course.
READ MORE | Revanth Reddy – the man who always believed he would become CM
Speaker Prasad:
Gaddam Prasad Kumar will be sworn in as Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly.
Traffic restrictions removed:
The city police removed the barricades near Pragathi Bhavan, which was the official residence of former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Revanth Reddy already declared that he would not use Pragathi Bhavan as his official residence and it would used for the public. Revanth Reddy, for the time being, function from his residence in Jubilee Hills. Follow channel on WhatsApp
