Superstars Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi were among the galaxy of stars who attended the swearing-in of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Council of Ministers, which took place at the Kesarapalli IT Park on Wednesday, June 12.
Rajinikanth, his wife Latha, and popular actor and TDP MLA N Balakrishna shared the dais next to the main dais where Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Governor S Abdul Nazeer, and Chandrababu Naidu were seated.
Chiranjeevi witnessed his brother and Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan taking oath as a minister. Naidu’s son and Balakrishna’s son-in-law Nara Lokesh was also sworn in as a minister.
While Naidu’s wife Bhuvaneswari was seated on the main dais, his daughter-in-law Brahmini along with grandson Devansh and other family members were present in the VIP gallery.
Chiranjeevi’s son and leading actor Ram Charan, Pawan Kalyan’s wife Lezhneva, son Akhira, brother and actor Naga Babu, Naga Babu’s daughter and actor Niharika, nephew and actor Sai Dharam Tej were also present.
Actor Pawan Kalyan, who will be next seen in Hari Hara Veera Mallu, also took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. His Jana Sena Party, which is in alliance with Naidu’s TDP and the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the NDA, registered a thumping win in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. The alliance secured 164 out of 175 seats. TDP won 135 seats, Jana Sena won 21, and BJP won 8 seats.
However, RRR star Jr NTR, who is the grandson of former chief minister and TDP founder NT Rama Rao, was not seen at the event. Jr NTR had campaigned for Naidu in 2009 but later withdrew from political life in order to focus on his film career.
Actors Nara Rohit, Shivaji, Nikhil, director Krish and others also attended the ceremony.
After the swearing-in, PM Modi, held up the hands of Pawan Kalyan and Chiranjeevi, amid loud cheers from the crowd.
PM Modi also met Rajinikanth, Balakrishna and others on the dais.
Actor Balakrishna, who was slammed a few days ago for pushing actor Anjali during a pre-release event for her upcoming film, attended the ceremony. He met the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, O Panneerselvam, at the event.
Apart from the Telugu and Tamil stars, the ceremony was also attended Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the newly appointed Union Health Minister JP Nadda.
Chandrababu Naidu has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state for the fourth time.