Chandrababu Naidu shares a special moment with PM Modi on stage after swearing-in ceremony; watch

Chandrababu Naidu was sworn in as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and N Chandrababu Naidu shared a warm moment on stage after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth term this morning.

After the oath taking ceremony, Naidu went up to PM Modi and the two leaders shared a tight hug. The two leaders also had a brief conversation on stage.

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Jana Sena chief and actor Pawan Kalyan, meanwhile, was sworn in as the deputy chief minister.

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, among others. Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu, ex chief justice of India NV Ramana and superstars Rajnikanth and Chiranjeevi also took part.

Besides Naidu, TDP leaders that took oath are -- Nara Lokesh, son of Naidu, K Atchannaidu, P Narayana, Kollu Ravindra, Nimmala Rama Naidu, Anitha Vangalapudi, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Kolusu Parthasarathy , NMD Farooq, Payyavula Keshav, A Stya Prasad, Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy, Gottipati Ravi Kumar, Gummidi Sandhya Rani, BC Janardhan Reddy, TG Bharath, S Savitha, Vasamsetty Subhash, Kondapalli Srinivas and Mandipalli Ram Prasad Reddy.

From Jana Sena party, Nadendla Manohar and Kandula Durgesh while BJP legislator Satya Kumar Yadav also took oath as ministers.

The NDA comprising TDP, BJP and Jana Sena won a landslide victory in the recently concluded simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the southern state with a huge majority of 164 out of the total 175 Assembly and 21 out of the total 25 Lok Sabha seats.