Telugu Desam Party Chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu was sworn in as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh by Governor S Abdul Nazeer at 11:27 am at the Kesarapalli IT Park in Krishna District.

Along with him, 24 newly elected members including three from the Jana Sena party and one from the Bharatiya Janata Party are taking oath as Ministers in the council of ministers.

Among the notable names who were administered oath is Jana Sena Party Chief K Pawan Kalyan, TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh and senior BJP leader Satya Kumar Yadav.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the event as the Chief Guest. Other dignitaries who attended the event include Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister and BJP Party President JP Nadda, Union Minister for Road Transport and Senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Coal and Mines Kishan Reddy, Union Ministers and NDA allies Chirag Paswan, Ramdas Athawale, Jithin Manjhi, Anupriya Patel, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Former Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, Former Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu S Paneeselavan and movies stars Chiranjeevi and Rajnikanth. Diplomats from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia and France also attended the event.