Arrangments at brisk pace for Naidu’s swearing-in ceremony on June 12
The Hindu
The arrangements for the oath-taking ceremony of the Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, June 12, are going on at a brisk pace at Kesarapalle IT Park, near Gannavaram Airport.
The arrangements for the oath-taking ceremony of the Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, June 12, are going on at a brisk pace at Kesarapalle IT Park, near Gannavaram Airport.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are expected to attend the programme. Governor S. Abdul Nazeer would administer the oath to Mr. Naidu.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP State elections co-incharge Siddharth Nath Singh, and others are also expected to participate.
Chief Ministers of other States are also likely to participate in the swearing-in ceremony.
It is unclear whether all his Cabinet colleagues would take oath on June 12.
The State government has sent invitations to 104 families for the swearing-in ceremony. The families suffered loss and were allegedly victimised by the YSR Congress Party during its rule in the State from 2019-23. The list of invitees includes Chandraiah, Abdul Salam, and Subrahmanyam, a driver.
Mr. Naidu will take oath as Chief Minister of the State at 11.27 a.m. on June 12.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists