Jagan Mohan Reddy takes oath as Andhra Pradesh CM

TIL Desk/National/Hyderabad/ Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress chief Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy sworn-in as the second chief minister of Andhra Pradesh post its bifurcation.  Reddy took the oath in Telugu at 12.23 pm amid thunderous cheers by scores of party leaders and workers in a brief ceremony at the IGMC Stadium in Vijayawada.

Only Reddy took oath Thursday and his council of ministers is expected to be sworn in on June 7. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, DMK chief M K Stalin and Puducherry Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao were the special guests.   Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali, Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy, minister Talasani Srinivasa Yadav also attended the swearing-in ceremony.

 Reddy’s mother and YSRC honorary president Y S Vijayamma, his wife Bharati and sister Sharmila and other members of the family were specially seated on the dais.   Reddy reached the stadium and went round the galleries in an open-top jeep to greet thousands of people who came to witness the event.