- TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as Andhra Chief Minister for the fourth time today after his party scored a thumping win in the Assembly polls held alongside the general election.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief and Health Minister JP Nadda will be attending the grand event in Amaravati around noon.
- Addressing newly-elected TDP MLAs yesterday, Mr Naidu said he had sought the central government’s cooperation for developing Andhra Pradesh and had been assured support.
- Mr Naidu’s TDP is among the key allies whose support helped the BJP form the government this time, despite falling short of the majority mark of 272.
- Besides Mr Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and actor-politician and Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan are likely to take oath today.
- The NDA alliance comprising TDP, Jana Sena and BJP won 164 seats in the 175-member Assembly this time. The alliance also swept the Lok Sabha election, winning 21 of Andhra’s 25 seats and decimating the incumbent YSR Congress Party.
- In Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi will take the oath as Chief Minister today in an afternoon ceremony that is likely to be attended by the Prime Minister.
- The BJP’s victory in these state polls has ended the two-decade rule by the Biju Janata Dal and its leader Naveen Patnaik, who narrowly missed out on becoming the country’s longest serving Chief Minister.
- The BJP’s Chief Minister pick is a four-time MLA and a tribal leader who has been elected from the Keonjhar Assembly seat.
- The BJP has chosen two Deputies Chief Ministers — KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida. Mr Deo is a six-time MLA and comes from an erstwhile royal family. He was minister in the Naveen Patnaik government when the BJP and BJD were in alliance. Pravati Parida is a first-time MLA who has earlier led the state BJP women’s wing.
Oath Ceremonies In Andhra, Odisha Today, PM Modi To Attend: 10 Points
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