Jaganmohan Reddy sworn in as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister

AMRAVATI: Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who led his YSR Congress Party to a thumping victory in the assembly elections, was sworn on Thursday as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.nnGovernor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 46-year-old leader, whose party emerged victorious in 151 seats in the 175-member strong state assembly.nnThe YSR Congress decimated the TDP headed by N Chandrababu Naidu, who became the first chief minister of the state after it was bifurcated to carve out Telangana five years ago.nnThe YSRC also won 22 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the recently concluded polls.nnReddy took the oath in Telugu at 12.23 pm amid thunderous cheers by scores of party leaders and workers in a brief ceremony at the IGMC Stadium in Vijayawada.nnOnly Reddy took oath Thursday and his council of ministers is expected to be sworn in on June 7.nnTelangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, DMK chief M K Stalin and Puducherry Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao were the special guests.nnTelangana Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali, Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy, minister Talasani Srinivasa Yadav also attended the swearing-in ceremony.nnReddy’s mother and YSRC honorary president Y S Vijayamma, his wife Bharati and sister Sharmila and other members of the family were specially seated on the dais.nnReddy reached the stadium and went round the galleries in an open-top jeep to greet thousands of people who came to witness the event.