Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu was sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of the post-bifurcation Andhra Pradesh at a grand function today.
Massive crowds at the swearing-in ceremony at the Acharya Nagarjuna University.
LK Advani is present at Chandrababu Naidu's swearing-in ceremony.
Mr Naidu will have a 19-member cabinet.
Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as the Andhra Pradesh chief minister
Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as the Andhra Pradesh chief minister
28 flights were used to bring in VIPs for the oath ceremony.
NDTV's Uma Sudhir reports:- A 19-member Cabinet expected to take oath along with Chandrababu Naidu
- Mr Naidu is also expected to include two BJP leaders in the Cabinet. The names doing the rounds are Kamineni Srinivas and Manikyala Rao.
- Mr Naidu expected to have two deputy chief ministers - K E Krishnamurthy and Chinna Rajappa
- Three women are also likely to be included in the cabinet
When the Congress-led Centre had announced special category status for Seemandhra for five years, the BJP, then in opposition, had demanded that the period be extended to 10 years. When Mr Naidu met Mr Modi recently, he reportedly sought that the promise be kept. "Mr Modi and the finance minister (Arun Jaitley) promised to help build the state," Mr Naidu said.
Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Ongole, Kurnool, Rajahmundry and Tirupati are some of the cities in running to be the capital of Andhra Pradesh after 10 years.
With an area of roughly 1.6 lakh square kilometres and a population of over five crore, Andhra Pradesh will be a larger state than Telangana. It gets to keep the port city of Visakhapatnam and Tirupati, the richest temple town in India.
Ten districts of Andhra Pradesh have been carved out to create India's 29th state Telangana. The new, smaller Andhra Pradesh is made up of the Seemandhra regions which bitterly opposed the bifurcation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy are among the notable absentees at Chandrababu Naidu's swearing-in ceremony.
The road between Vijayawada and Guntur has turned yellow to welcome Chandrababu Naidu, who will take oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh today evening.
Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh counters YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's criticism on massive spending on the event, says it is all about brand building.
The Grand Oath-Taking Ceremony of Chandrababu Naidu:- 28 flights to land at Gannavaram airport till afternoon
- Vijayawada-Guntur dressed up in yellow
- Road to swearing-in ceremony lined with massive posters
- Actor-politician-MLA Balakrishna and also actor Pawan Kalyan will attend
- After taking the oath as Chief Minister, Mr Naidu will sign first file on loan waiver
- Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Seetharaman to attend
- Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa, Manohar Parrikar, Naveen Patnaik, Parkash Singh Badal to attend
- Industrialists too invited in big numbers
Andhra Pradesh Minus Telangana: 10 FactsTen districts of Andhra Pradesh have been carved out to create India's 29th state Telangana. The new, smaller Andhra Pradesh is made up of the Seemandhra regions which bitterly opposed the bifurcation.