Telangana Congress chief Anumula Revanth Reddy took oath as the chief minister on Thursday following the party’s stunning victory in the recent Assembly elections. Mallu Bhatti Vikaramarka took oath as the deputy CM. They were administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan. As per the strength of the Assembly, Telangana can have 18 ministers including CM. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad. Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi, along with other senior party leaders, were present at the swearing-in ceremony. Along with Revanth, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, C Damodar Rajanarasimha, D Sridhar Babu, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha, D Anasuya (popularly known as Seethakka), Tummala Nageswara Rao and Jupally Krishna Rao also took oath as ministers.
While Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has taken oath as the Deputy Chief Minister, ten others have taken oath as Ministers.Mr Reddy was sworn in as the Chief Minister on Thursday afternoon at a public meeting being held at the LB Stadium here.
The list of Ministers includes Uttam Kumar Reddy, Tummala Nageswara Rao, Konda Surekha, Seethakka, Jupally Krishna Rao, Ponnam Prabhakar, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, D Sreedhar Babu, Poguleti Srinivasa Reddy, and Damodar Rajanarasimha.
Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjuna Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Siddharamaiah, D K Shivakumar, and many others attended the meeting.
In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Revanth Reddy for taking charge as the Chief Minister of Telangana. “I assure all possible support to further the progress of the State and the welfare of its citizens,” he said.
Addressing a gathering after the oath-taking ceremony, Revanth Reddy has assured that his government would focus on the development of the State. As announced earlier, he changed the name of the Chief Minister’s Camp Office to Jyotirao Phule People’s Bhavan, which used to be called ‘Pragati Bhavan’ during the Bharat Rashtra Samithi regime.
Even as Revanth’s team was getting ready for the swearing-in ceremony, officials removed the security fence built on Begumpet Road to prevent protestors from sneaking into the Camp Office. In his speech, Revanth said he would hold a ‘Praja Darbhar’ at his Camp Office.
People are welcome to visit the building and they can share their ideas,” he said.
After the oath-taking ceremony, he headed for the Secretariat to assume the charge.
The Congress Party has won 64 seats in the 119-seat House in the just concluded election, pushing the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to the second position with 39 seats. The Communist Party of India (CPI), which was in a pre-poll alliance with the Congress, won the lone seat that it contested in Khammam district. The BJP secured eight seats, while the MIM won seven seats in the election.