Hyderabad:

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy took down the iron barricades in entrance of his official residence minutes after taking cost, fulfilling a key promise of his marketing campaign. Even earlier than the oath-taking ceremony had completed, there was frantic exercise on the Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad, the Chief Minister’s official residence.

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A number of bulldozers, tractors and building employees have been seen exterior the residence uprooting the iron rods. Throughout his intense ballot marketing campaign, Mr Reddy had stated that he would take away the barricades if Congress got here to energy.

Earlier as we speak, Revanth Reddy changed Ok Chandrashekar Rao because the Chief Minister of India’s youngest state. The 54-year-old is simply the second chief minister who has been on the helm of Telangana since its delivery in 2014. Mr Reddy is thought amongst fellow politicians and occasion employees for his never-say-die angle.

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The swearing-in ceremony was held at Hyderabad’s LB Stadium, days after the Congress registered a snug win in final month’s Meeting election. Eleven of Mr Reddy’s colleagues took their oath with him, together with Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, a chief ministerial aspirant who was sworn in as deputy chief minister.

Mr Reddy and his cupboard now face the daunting job of managing the awful coffers and fulfilling the “six ensures” that the Congress occasion made through the run-up to the elections. The Congress’s strong marketing campaign highlighting the six ensures is claimed to have been one of many causes for the occasion’s victory. Nevertheless, discovering the funds to meet them might be a herculean job.

Essentially the most engaging among the many “six” is free journey for girls in Telangana State Highway Transport Company buses.