In a historic first, Congress leader A Revanth Reddy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Telangana on Thursday (December 7), thus becoming the maiden party leader to take the office since the formation of the state in 2014.
The oath-taking ceremony was held at L B Stadium in Hyderabad, which was attended by top Congress leadership including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Revanth Reddy. Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu was sworn in as Reddy’s Deputy.