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Revanth Reddy becomes Telangana Chief Minister; Bhatti Vikramarka his Deputy
Governor Soundarajan also administered the oath of office to Gaddam Prasad Kumar as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. Read further on Dynamite News:
Hyderabad: Anumula Revanth Reddy on Thursday took oath as Chief Minister of Telangana, becoming the first Congress CM of the youngest state in India.
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to him at the the sprawling Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad.
Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu also took oath as the Deputy CM of the state that was formed in the year 2014.
The 10 other leaders who took oath as Ministers were Damodar Raja Narasimha, Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Seethakka, Ponnam Prabhakar, Sridhar Babu, Tummala Nageshwar Rao, Konda Surekhaa, Jupally and Krishna Ponguleti.
Governor Soundarajan also administered the oath of office to Gaddam Prasad Kumar as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
The swearing-in ceremony was held at the sprawling LB Stadium in Hyderabad.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi who arrived in Hyderabad early this morning were also present for the swearing-in ceremony.
Party leader Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi were also present on the stage.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar also took part in the ceremony. (with Agency inputs)