Andhra Pradesh governor E.S.L.Narasimhan administered the oath of office to Naidu and nineteen of his cabinet colleagues beginning at the appointed time of 7.27pm on Sunday June 08,2014, considered the auspicious moment by his astrologers to be sworn in as chief minister for a third time.
Significantly,
13 of the 20 have been made ministers for the first time. They include
three women. Of the 19 ministers, two are from the Scheduled Castes and
seven are from among the BCs. Except Kadapa, the remaining 12 districts
are represented in the ministry.
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, who sent his greetings on the occasion, said:
"Chandrababu garu's administrative experience and commitment to
development will be a great asset in taking Andhra Pradesh to newer
heights."
The BJP was represented by a high-power delegation led by the party
veteran L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh
and included Union ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu (Urban Development),
Ananth Kumar and Nirmala Sitharaman (Commerce).
Chief
Ministers of BJP-ruled states Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan), Raman Singh
(Chhattisgarh), and Manohar Parrikar (Goa), besides Parkash Singh Badal,
(Punjab) and his deputy and son Sukbhir Singh Badal. Nagaland Chief
Minister T.R. Zeliang was in attendance too.
Others
at the mammoth swearing-in ceremony included actor Pawan Kalyan, who
campaigned for the BJP - TDP alliance, V. Gopalaswamy of the MDMK and
the Art of Living Guru Sri Sri Ravishankar.
Exactly 68
minutes after he took charge as the first Chief Minister of bifurcated
Andhra Pradesh on a sultry Sunday evening at Nambur, TDP chief Nara
Chandrababu Naidu (64) reiterated his poll promises and announced
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