Jagan Mohan Reddy Takes Oath As Andhra Chief Minister
On Thursday Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy took oath as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. The YSR Congress party chief was sworn-in at the packed Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada. The party made headway to power after winning 151 seats in the 175-member Assembly. Jagan Reddy’s mother Vijayalakshmi, his wife Bharati, sister Sharmila and daughters Harsha Reddy and Varsha Reddy were among the 20,000 people who attended the swearing-in ceremony. Others who attended the ceremony include Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, DMK chief M K Stalin and Pondicherry minister Malladi Krishna Rao. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu had turned down Jagan’s invite.
