Correct Answer : Chandrababu Naidu
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu took oath as the new Andhra Pradesh CM for a fourth term this morning (12th June 2024). In the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 24 other ministers including Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Konidela Pawan Kalyan, and TDP national general secretary and Naidu’s son N Lokesh Naidu were also sworn in.
The 25-member Cabinet has three women ministers, 12 members from Other Category, 8 Backward Class, 2 Scheduled Caste, one Scheduled Tribe and one Muslim.
The swearing-in ceremony was held near Kesarapalli IT Park at Gannavaram in Krishna district. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other ministers including Jagat Prakash Nadda, Nitin Gadkari, Chirag Paswan and Bandi Sanjay Kumar were also present.
Naidu was unanimously elected the National Democratic Alliance’s Leader of the House at a meeting held at Vijayawada on Tuesday, after JanaSena Party chief K Pawan Kalyan proposed his name. Following this, alliance leaders from the TDP, BJP and JanaSena met Governor S Abdul Nazeer, staking their claim to form the government in Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results : Naidu’s TDP contested the polls along with Pawan Kalyan’s JSP and the BJP in the state, as part of the NDA. The alliance achieved a landslide victory, bagging 164 out of the 175 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
The TDP won 135 seats, with the JSP and BJP winning 21 and 8 seats, respectively. Announcing a major change right before taking oath as the CM, Naidu confirmed that the new government would make Amaravati the capital of Andhra Pradesh..
Source : Indian Express
