Telangana PCC chief Anumula Revanth Reddy would take oath as the new Chief Minister of the state on Thursday, after the party won a landslide victory in the southern state ousting the BRS government.
The swearing-in ceremony of the 56-year-old leader will be held at the LB Stadium in Hyderabad at 1.04 PM on Thursday. After the results were declared on Sunday, two days later, the AICC leadership named Revanth Reddy as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) and the next chief minister of Telangana.
State Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari held a meeting with senior officials on the arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony and also visited the L B stadium on Wednesday.
It was not immediately clear about the cabinet ministers taking oath along with Reddy.
Meanwhile, Reddy met AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Sonia Gandhi, party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and others in Delhi today.
It is likely that Sonia Gandhi could attend the swearing-in ceremony. When asked by reporters outside Parliament if she would be in Hyderabad tomorrow, she said, “probably”.
The Congress defeated the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) in the recent Assembly elections and won 64 out of the total 119 seats. The party’s pre-poll ally CPI bagged one seat. Revanth Reddy won from the Kodangal seat, while he was defeated and finished third from the Kamareddy constituency.