TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is set to be sworn in as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday for a fourth term.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Ministers J P Nadda and Bandi Sanjay Kumar as well as several other leaders are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
The TDP chief is scheduled to take oath at 11.27 am near Medha IT Park opposite Gannavaram Airport in Kesarapalli on the outskirts of Vijayawada.
According to NDA sources, Pawan Kalyan has been offered the deputy CM post. NDA partners Janasena and BJP are likely to get five to six berths in the cabinet. As per the strength of the Andhra Pradesh assembly (175), the cabinet can have 26 ministers including the CM.
VVIPs Attending Swearing-in Ceremony
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Andhra Pradesh Governor Syed Abdul Nazeer
- Sameera Nazeer, Spouse of Governor
- N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
- N Bhuvaneswari, wife of CM
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- Union Health Minister JP Nadda
- MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Food Processing Industries Minister Chirag Paswan
- Road, Trasport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
- Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu
- Former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
- Former Chief Justice of India N V Ramana
- Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav
- MoS Skill Development & Enterprises Jayant Choudhary
- MoS Commerce & Industry Anupriya Patel
- MoS Social Justice & Empowerment Ramdas Athawale
- MoS Rural Development & Communication Pemmasani Chandra Shekar
- MoS Heavy Industries & Steel Bhupathi Raju Srinivas Varma
- MoS Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay
- MP & BJP Andhra Pradesh President D Purandeswari
- Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel
- Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan
- Former Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam
- Andhra Pradesh TDP President & MLA Atchannaidu
Superstars In Attendance
- Superstar Rajinikanth
- Actor and Padma Vibhushan awardee Konidela Chiranjeevi
- Ram Charan, Mohan Babu, Allu Arjun are also likely to attend the oath-taking ceremony
Chandrababu Naidu- The Andhra CM
Naidu first became the chief minister in 1995 and went on to have another two terms. His first two terms as chief minister were at the helm of united Andhra Pradesh, beginning in 1995 and ending in 2004, nine years at a stretch while the third term came post bifurcation of the state.
In 2014, Naidu emerged as the first chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh and served it until 2019. He lost the 2019 polls and was the opposition leader until 2024.
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