Nara Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as CM of Andhra Pradesh, Narendra Modi on stage

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh Governor Abdul Nazeer administered the oath of office and secrecy to Nara Chandrababu Naidu as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh exactly at 11.27 am on Wednesday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Chandrababu Naidu took oath as CM for the fourth time in his political career and for the second time as CM of residual AP.

Along with Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister designate Konidela Pawan Kalyan, Nara Lokesh, Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, Kollu Ravindra, Nadendla Manohar, P. Narayana, Vangalapudi Anitha, Satya Kumar Yadav, Nimmala Ramanaidu, N.M.D. Farook, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Payyavula Keshav, Anagani Satya Prasad, Kolusu Parthasarathy, Dola Balaveeranjaneyaswamy, Gottipati Ravi, Kandula Durgesh, Gummadi Sandhyarani, BC Janardhan Reddy, T.G. Bharat, S. Savitha, Vasamshetty Subhash, Kondapalli Srinivas, and Mandipalli Ram Prasad Reddy took the oath as Cabinet Ministers.

Earlier Nara Chandrababu Naidu received Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Gannavaram Airport and accompanied him to the venue near the Kerasapalli, Medha IT Towers. “Nara Chandrababu Naidu Ane Nenu,” Naidu said started taking oath amidst the cheers of thousands of TDP activists and the audience that attended the ceremony.

After Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan took oath. The hall reverberated with shouts and applause. Pawan Kalyan's wife Anna Lezhneva and brother Chiranjeevi were present at the ceremony. After the oath, Pawan Kalyan walked up to Chandrababu and shook hands with him. He then touched the feet of his brother Chiranjeevi and took his blessings.

After Pawan Kalyan, Nara Lokesh took the oath. Lokesh touched the feet of his father and took blessings. When he tried to touch the feet of the Prime Minister, he smoothly refused to receive the gesture.

Traffic Jam

TDP activists reached Vijayawada in large numbers in the morning to reach the venue of the swearing-in ceremony near Gannavaram. But police did not allow vehicles to enter Vijaywada. Traffic was disrupted on the Chennai-Visakhapatnam, and Hyderabad-Vijayawada highways due to the blockade. The Vijayawada-Gannavaram route also has been blocked by the police to facilitate smooth traffic flow between the venue and the Gannavarm Airpot.

On the other hand, there was a huge traffic jam at Kaza toll plaza in Guntur district. The vehicles were stopped at the toll gate. Party leaders from the Rayalaseema region and workers from neighbouring districts faced difficulties in commuting due to traffic jams. With the traffic coming to a grinding halt, VVIPs including Amit Shah’s convoy were stuck in the traffic jam.

LED screens

The Government also arranged LED screens all over the state at all Assembly Constituencies for those who could not reach Vijayawada for the swearing-in ceremony. Large screens were arranged at Tullur in the capital region where Amaravti activists watched the ceremony.