Revanth Reddy to be sworn in as Telangana Chief Minister today, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul to attend

Telangana Chief Minister-elect Anumula Revanth Reddy will be sworn in as the new CM of the state on Thursday following the Congress party’s victory in the recent Assembly elections. The results of the polls were declared on December 3.

The swearing-in ceremony of the 56-year-old leader will be held at Hyderabad’s sprawling LB Stadium at 1.00 pm today.

Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari, DGP Ravi Gupta held a meeting with senior officials on the arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony and also visited the venue on Wednesday. Nearly one lakh people are expected to attend the event.

Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi are likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Observing that a “people’s government” would be assuming office on December 7 that will provide a democratic and transparent governance, Revanth Reddy put forth an open invitation to people to attend the event.

Media reports suggested that Congress MLA-elect and CLP leader in the previous Assembly Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka is likely to take oath as deputy chief minister.

CPI General Secretary D Raja will attend the event on the invitation of Revanth Reddy, CPI MLA-elect Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao said. CPI is a pre-poll ally of Congress for the recent assembly elections.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar are also likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Shivakumar was one of the AICC observers appointed by the party leadership to coordinate the CLP meeting in Hyderabad.

State DGP Ravi Gupta said suitable arrangements have been made for traffic and others so that there is minimum inconvenience to the public.

Some VVIPs attending the event will land at the Rajiv Gandhi International airport on city outskirts, while others will arrive at Begumpet airport and arrangements would be made for their security, he said.

The AICC leadership on Tuesday named Revanth Reddy as the leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) and the next chief minister of Telangana.

The Congress defeated the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) in the recent Assembly polls and won 64 out of the total 119 seats. The party’s pre-poll ally CPI bagged one seat.