Ram Charan, Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth, Allu Arjun among celebs at Chandrababu Naidu swearing-in

Several actors attended the swearing-in ceremony of TDP chief and N. Chandrababu Naidu, who took the oath of office to become the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister

Actors Ram Charan, Konidela Chiranjeevi, superstar Rajinikanth and actor-politician Nandamuri Balakrishna were among the celebrities who attended the swearing-in ceremony of TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on June 12. They also interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the swearing-in ceremony

Mr. Naidu's son and TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan also took the oath of office today.

Mr. Modi also interacted with other Union Ministers and TDP leaders at the swearing-in ceremony that was held at Gannavaram Mandal, Kesarapalli IT Park on the outskirts of Vijayawada. Union Ministers Amit Shah, J.P. Nadda, and Nitin Gadkari were among others who attended the event.

Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan were also present at the swearing-in.

This is the fourth time that Mr. Naidu is assuming charge as Andhra Chief Minister and the second time after the bi-furcation in 2014. Mr. Naidu became Chief Minister first in 1995, before the Andhra bifurcation and he led the state until 2004 for nine consecutive years. The TDP supremo returned as the Chief Minister of the bifurcated Andhra in 2014 and served until 2019.

Mr. Naidu had led the TDP- BJP-Janasena National Democratic Alliance to a landslide victory in the Assembly and parliamentary elections. The TDP is the single largest party and has a majority by itself in the 175-member assembly with 135 MLAs, while its allies, the Jana Sena Party won 21 seats and the BJP has won eight seats. The opposition YSR Congress Party has 11 legislators.