Amravati. Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the third time on June 12. Party sources gave this information on Friday. Naidu will take the oath of office and secrecy at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram Airport.
Sources told PTI, “Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as chief minister at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram airport on June 12 (Wednesday) at 11.27 am.”
Naidu first became the chief minister nearly 30 years ago in 1995 and held the post till 2004. He lost the election in 2004 and was replaced by Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. After a decade and the division of the combined state into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Naidu became the first chief minister of the newly formed state in 2014. However, he lost the election in 2019 and was replaced by YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. He will become the chief minister again after a gap of five years.