Hyderabad: Anumula Revanath Reddy, the chief of Telangana Congress, officially took office today as the state’s second Chief Minister. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad during the swearing-in ceremony.
With CM Reddy, 11 members of his cabinet were sworn in during the ceremony, namely, Mallu Bhatti Vikaramarka, now Deputy Chief Minister; N Uttam Kumar Reddy, the former Telangana Congress chief; Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Damodar Rajanarasimha, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Dana Anasuya, Tummala Nageswar Rao, Konda Surekha, and Jupally Krishna Rao.
The ceremony was also attended by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his congratulations to Mr. Reddy, through social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
The Congress recently secured 65 out of 119 Assembly seats in Telangana during the Assembly Elections 2023.
