Telangana Elections: Meet the first Congress CM of Telangana - Revanth Reddy; Bhatti Vikramarka as Dy CM

Telangana Elections: In a significant turmoil in politics, the Congress party won an overwhelming victory in Telangana, winning 64 Assembly seats and ending the Bharat Rashtra Samiti's (BRS) nearly ten-year rule. This victory for the Congress comes amid a larger saffron surge in the Hindi heartland, where the BJP won two states and retained one.

The Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao, resigned on Sunday, marking the conclusion of the BRS era and becoming the first Congress CM of the youngest state in India, Anumula Revanth Reddy took oath as Chief Minister of Telangana. 

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to him at the the sprawling Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad.

Meanwhile,  Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu also took oath as the Deputy CM of the state that was formed in the year 2014.

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi who arrived in Hyderabad early this morning were also present for the swearing-in ceremony. Party leader Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi were also present on the stage.

Revanth Reddy – Profile 

• Revanth Reddy is a politician, currently serving as the second Chief Minister of Telangana

• Reddy's rise to prominence began in 2021 when he was appointed as the leader of the Congress' Telangana unit, a significant advancement for someone who had only joined the party four years before. The number of times he shared stage space with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi during campaign events demonstrated the party's regard for him

• Previously he represented Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency in the Parliament of India. 

• He was appointed as president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee replacing N. Uttam Kumar Reddy in July 2021. 

• He led his party to victory in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, defeating the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi.

• Reddy, a strong young man, has since galvanised the Congress in Telangana; the ceremony installing him as President of the party's state unit was attended by hundreds, and he was a constant presence on the streets, leading protests against the then-ruling BRS on a variety of issues.
  

- With inputs from agencies

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