PM Modi congratulates Revanth Reddy on assuming office as Telangana Chief Minister | UPDATES

 Telangana: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi leave from Begumpet airport, in Hyderabad.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his congratulations to Shri Revanth Reddy on taking the oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana. In his statement, PM Modi assured full support for the progress of the state and the welfare of its citizens. The message highlighted the commitment to collaboration and assistance in endeavors that contribute to the advancement and well-being of Telangana under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Revanth Reddy.

Revanth Reddy took oath as Telangana Chief Minister as the first Congress CM in the state.

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at Hyderabad's LB stadium for the swearing-in ceremony of Telangana CM-designate Revanth Reddy.

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and current party chief Mallikarjun Kharge reached stage as Revanth Reddy will swear-in shortly.

Folk artists performed outside Hyderabad's LB stadium ahead of the oath-taking ceremony of Revanth Reddy as Telangana chief minister.

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Hyderabad, to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Telangana CM designate Revanth Reddy.

According to the sources, there will be 11 ministers, who will take oath along with Revanth Reddy.

Here is the list of names of probable ministers

• Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
• Damodara Raja Narasimha
• Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy
• Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
• Danasari Anasuya Seethakka
• Ponnam Prabhakar
• D Sridhar Babu
• Tummala Nageswara Rao
• Konda Surekha
• Jupally Krishna Rao
• Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy

10 people will take oath in the swearing-in ceremony in Hyderabad, Telangana today, which include 1 CM, 1 Deputy CM and 8 others.

"During the election campaign, we promised six guarantees. Our first agenda is that those six guarantees be implemented immediately after the takeover by the CM and other ministers. We are going to implement our six guarantees. We had promised five guarantees in Karnataka and after we came to power, in the first Cabinet they took decisions one by one (for implementation). We are going to repeat the same in Telangana," said Congress MP K Suresh.

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Deepender S Hooda reached Delhi airport, on their way to Hyderabad to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Revanth Reddy as Telangana CM.

Telangana CM-designate and State Congress president Revanth Reddy arrives at Hyderabad airport to receive national party leaders who are arriving in the city for his swearing-in ceremony.

Telangana chief minister-elect Revanth Reddy met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on Wednesday, a day after he was elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party. He later met Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi. He also met Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the residence of Sonia Gandhi. Reddy, who has been elected from the Kodangal Assembly seat, is slated to take oath as chief minister in Hyderabad on Thursday. He said he will take oath at 1 pm on Thursday.

Telangana DGP Ravi Gupta said suitable arrangements have been made for traffic and others so that there is minimum inconvenience to the public. Some VVIPs attending the event would land at the Rajiv Gandhi International airport on city outskirts, while others would arrive at Begumpet airport and arrangements would be made for their security, he said.

Revanth Reddy has also extended an invitation to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) leader Kodandaram, Dalit rights activist Kancha Ilaiah, civil liberties activist Haragopal and families of Telangana martyrs have also been invited to the swearing-in ceremony.

Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi are likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Observing that a 'people's government' would be assuming office on December 7 that will provide a democratic and transparent governance, Revanth Reddy made an open invitation to people to attend the event.

Telangana Chief Minister-elect Anumula Revanth Reddy would take oath as the new CM of the state on Thursday following the party's victory in the recent Assembly elections. The swearing-in ceremony of the 56-year-old leader would be held at the sprawling LB Stadium here at 1. 04 PM on Thursday.