Congress leader A. Revanth Reddy was sworn in as chief minister of Telangana on Thursday, at a grand event held at LB Stadium in Hyderabad.
Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Party Chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, Karnataka CM Siddaramiah, Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar and several other senior leaders of the party were present.
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath to Revanth Reddy and other ministers as a packed LB Stadium in Hyderabad witnessed the ceremony. Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka was sworn in as deputy chief minister.
Besides them, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, C. Damodar Raja Narasimha, D. Sridhar Babu, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha, D. Anasuya (popularly known as Seethakka), Tummala Nageswara Rao and Jupally Krishna Rao took oath as ministers.
Congratulating the new government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “Congratulations to Shri Revanth Reddy Garu on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana. I assure all possible support to further the progress of the state and the welfare of its citizens.”
-with agency inputs.