Telangana: 12 ministers take oath along with new CM Revanth Reddy

Twelve MLAs took oath as Ministers in a fresh cabinet in Telangana along with new Chief Minister Anumula Revanth Reddy on Thursday in HyderabadRevanth Reddy became the first Congress Chief Minister of the youngest state in IndiaCongress MLA Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu also took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state that was formed in the year 2014Governor Soundarajan also administered the oath of office to Gaddam Prasad Kumar as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative AssemblyNalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy C Damodar Rajanarsimha Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Duddilia Sridhar Babu Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy Poonam Prabhakar Konda Surekha D Anasuya Seethakka Tunmala Nageswara Rao Jupally Krishna Rao also took oath at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in HyderabadPrime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Telanganas new CM and assured of all possible support to the stateCongratulations to Revanth Reddy Garu on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana I assure all possible support to further the progress of the state and the welfare of its citizens PM Modi said on XCongress national president Mallikarjun Kharge Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi who arrived in Hyderabad early this morning were also present for the swearingin ceremonyParty leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were also present on the stageFolk artists performed outside Hyderabads LB stadium ahead of the oathtaking ceremony of Revanth Reddy as Telangana CMIron barricades in front of the Chief Ministers office Pragathi Bhavan are being removed in Telangana Earlier during the campaign Revanth Reddy had said that he would remove it after Congress comes to powerEarlier posters of Anumula Revanth Reddy were plastered across Hyderabad city on Thursday ahead of him taking oath as chief minister of Telangana after the Congress party emerged victorious in the Telangana Assembly pollsCongress won an absolute majority in Telangana for the first time winning 64 of 119 seatsTelangana Congress President Revanth Reddy won by a margin of 32532 votes in Kodangal against BRSs Patnam Narender ReddyHowever both BRS leader KCR and Revanth Reddy lost Kamareddys seat to BJPs Katipally Venkata Ramana ReddyAfter graduating from Osmania University Revanth Reddy was an ABVP member while he was a studentFrom being active in politics from the start in 2007 Revanth Reddy was elected as a MLC as an independent candidate Later he joined the Telugu Desam PartyHe won the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections in 2014 from Kodangal seat with a vote share of 4645 percentIn the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections He again won from the same seat with a vote share of 3906 percentHe left the TDP and joined Congress in 2017He contested the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections from Kodangal as a Congress candidate but lost to the BRS then TRS candidate marking his first defeat in any election He won the seat of Malkajgiri in the 2019 general elections and became the MP by a margin of 10919 votesIn June 2021 he was appointed as president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee replacing N Uttam Kumar ReddyBharat Rashtra Samithi which ruled Indias youngest state for 10 years won 38 seats BJP won eight seats and AIMIM got sevenThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever