TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn in as the
first chief minister of residuary Andhra Pradesh at the 'auspicious' moment of 7.27pm on Sunday. The
swearing-in ceremony will be held at the sprawling 70-acre
ground outside Acharya Nagarjuna University at Nambur village between
Vijayawada and Guntur cities. This is the first time that a chief minister will
be taking oath of office at a place away from the state capital. Though Andhra
Pradesh has been divided into Telangana and residuary AP, Hyderabad will be the
common capital for both states for 10 years.
The
TDP, which is returning to power after a gap of 10 years, is pulling out all
stops to make the event 'memorable', unmindful of the criticism by the main
opposition YSRCP which alleged that Rs 30 crore was spent for the programme.
Naidu's son Nara Lokesh said the event has been planned big only "to
attract overseas attention".