Jaganmohan Reddy Invites KCR to His Swearing-In Ceremony on May 30

Hyderabad: YSR Congress supremo and chief minister-elect of Andhra Pradesh YS Jaganmohan Reddy was invited by Governor ESL Narasimhan to take oath of office on May 30, a Raj Bhavan communique said here.

The ceremony will be held at Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation stadium in Vijayawada at 12.23 PM on May 30.

He was earlier elected unanimously as the leader of the party in a meeting of elected MLAs at the Tadepally camp office. He then sent senior leaders of the party Botsa Satyanarayana and others to submit the list of MLAs to the Governor. Botsa urged Narasimhan to invite the YCP to form the government.

After his meeting with the Governor, Reddy called on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Pragati Bhavan, the latter's official residence in the city. The YSR Congress chief would stay at his home here for the night, sources said.

KCR welcomed Jagan and his wife Bharati Reddy and was invited for the swearing-in ceremony. KCR offered sweets to Jagan and felicitated him with a shawl. The chief minister also presented a silver veena to Jagan.

KCR assured Jagan of cordial relations with all issues. Both said they will maintain good relations with each other. KCR added that the waters of Godavari and Krishana will be used efficiently so that both states are prosperous in all aspects.

Both the leaders have agreed to have a meeting of officers of both the states to discuss issues.

"Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao made it clear that the policy of Telangana is to maintain cordial relations with neighbouring States in a give and take manner, and same would be followed in case of Andhra Pradesh State also," the statement said.

Telangana assembly speaker Madhusudana Chary, cabinet ministers Mahamood Ali, Prashanth Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Indrakaran Reddy, Srinivas Goud, Koppula Eswar and MPs Joginapally Santhosh Kumar, K Kesava Rao, leaders Sheri Subhash Reddy, Palla Rajeswar Reddy and TRS working president KT Rama Rao greeted Jagan for his landslide victory in the elections.

YSRCP MPs Vijaya Sai Reddy and Botsa Satyanarayana were also present during the meet.

(With inputs from PV Ramana Kumar)