New cm of AP | cm of ap | kiran kumar reddy | next CM of AP | AP next CM | Andhra Pradesh CM

New cm of AP | cm of ap | kiran kumar reddy | next CM of AP | AP next CM | Andhra Pradesh CM

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy will be sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of the State on Thursday, senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee said after a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in Hyderabad.

“Congress president Smt. Sonia Gandhi has selected Kiran Kumar Reddy as the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party. He will be sworn-in tomorrow by the Governor as the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,” Mr. Mukherjee said in a brief statement.

Earlier today Andhra Pradesh Congress Legislature Party had authorised party chief Sonia Gandhi to decide its new leader to succeed K. Rosaiah as the Chief Minister.

The meeting, which took place hours after Mr. Rosaiah stepped down citing personal reasons, passed a resolution unanimously authorising Ms. Gandhi to decide on Rosaiah’s successor.

“The CLP meeting held on November 24 unanimously resolved to request Congress president Sonia Gandhi to select the new leader of CLP,” the resolution said.“

Another resolution was adopted placing on record the services of Mr. Rosaiah.

Besides Mr. Mukherjee, senior leaders A. K. Antony, Veerappa Moily and Ghulam Nabi Azad were present at the meeting.

Source: Hindu

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