Hyderabad: Anumula Revanth Reddy today took oath as the chief minister of Telangana. The oath of office and secrecy was administered by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at L. B. Stadium at a public event attended by thousands of people.
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, a Dalit leader, took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister. 10 others took oath as the ministers.
The swearing-in was attended by AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, K. C. Venugopal, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, and other top Congress leaders.
Ten ministers took the oath
Senior leaders C. Damodar Rajanarsimha, and Uttam Kumar Reddy are among 10 newly-elected Congress MLAs in Telangana to take oath as ministers. Following is the list of 10 ministers
- Nalamada 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
- Jupally Krishna Rao
Celebrations at LB Stadium
Since morning, celebrations have been taking place at LB Stadium.
This morning, top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived in Hyderabad to attend Revanth Reddy’s swearing-in as the Chief Minister of Telangana.
Reddy welcomed the Gandhi family at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi extensively campaigned for the party. Sonia Gandhi addressed a mega rally in Hyderabad after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in the city on September 17, where she unveiled the six guarantees of the party.
Who were invited to swearing-in ceremony?
Before the event, Revanth Reddy personally met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi to invite him to the swearing-in ceremony.
He extended invitations to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Ashok Chavan, Digvijays Singh, Veerappa Moily, Manickam Tagore, P. Chidambaram, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Meera Kumari, and other Congress leaders.
Revanth has also invited Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) leader Kodandaram, Dalit rights activist Kancha Ilaiah, civil liberties activist Haragopal, and families of Telangana martyrs have also been invited to the swearing-in ceremony.
