In Sikkim, the swearing-in ceremony of Prem Singh Tamang as Chief Minister and his Council of Ministers will be held at 4 PM tomorrow, at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok.
Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Tamang and his Council of Ministers. The SKM chief Tamang will take oath for the second term. In light of the swearing-in ceremony, all government and private schools, colleges, and academic institutions within the Gangtok Municipal Corporation area will remain closed tomorrow. This decision aims to accommodate the security arrangements and vehicle movement restrictions in the area.
It may be noted that Mr. Tamang, leading the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), retained power for a second term with a significant majority, winning 31 out of 32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly Elections, 2024.
The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) secured just one seat, with its President and former Chief Minister Pawan Chamling being defeated in both the seats he contested.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister- designate N Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn in at 11.27 am on June 12 near Kesarapalli IT Park at Gannavaram in Krishna district. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had earlier planned to hold the swearing-in ceremony at Amaravati, but as a number of central leaders from the BJP and other parties have been invited and are expected to attend, the Gannavaram venue has been selected as it is close to the airport.
Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad took stock of the arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony in a meeting with top officials at his camp office in Vijayawada. He instructed the police to provide tight security as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Governor S. Abdul Nazeer and a host of other VIPs from across the country would be attending the event. Also, he wanted adequate parking facilities to be created on Vijayawada International Airport premises, including for helicopters in which some of the VVIPs and VIPs would be reaching the venue. Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta and other top officials took part in the deliberations.
This will be the second time Mr Naidu will take oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh post bifurcation in 2014 and the first Telugu person to take oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time. The TDP-led NDA coalition with JSP and BJP won a landslide victory in the Assembly elections held on May 13, with the alliance winning 164 seats. The TDP alone won 135 seats, while the JSP won all 21 it contested and BJP won eight of the 10 it contested.
In Odisha, the swearing-in ceremony of the new chief minister of the BJP government will be held on Wednesday. Earlier, it was decided to hold it on Monday. Amid the suspense over the name of the next chief minister, all preparations are on for the swearing-in ceremony at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar.
The swearing-in ceremony will be held after the meeting of the 78-member BJP’s legislature party in the presence of central observers. Actions have shifted to Delhi where the party’s parliamentary board is likely to take a final call on it.
Several names including senior BJP MLA Suresh Pujari, Mohan Charan Majhi and KV Singh Deo are doing the rounds as the chief minister probables. The BJP may also come up with a surprise name for the chief minister’s post.
Disclaimer: This press release is sourced from News On AIR, Prasar Bharti and Press Information Bureau India (PIB).
