The Andhra Pradesh legislative Council on Thursday welcomed 14 new members, including Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara lokesh, after they were sworn-in by Chairman A Chakrapani.
Of the 14, seven were elected to the Council under the MlAs quota, two from local Authorities Constituencies, three from Graduates and two from Teachers constituencies in the biennial elections held this month. While lokesh took the oath in the Council’s Business Advisory Committee meeting hall, the others completed the formality inside the Upper House.
Soon after taking oath, lokesh was blessed by Vedic scholars who chanted hymns. He later went to his father and took his blessings. The newly sworn-in Telugu Desam Party members were: Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy, Dokka Manikya Varaprasad, Batchula Arjunudu and Pothula Sunitha (MlAs quota), G Deepak Reddy and M Ravindranatha Reddy (lACs).
BJP’s PVN Madhav (Graduates), YSR Congress’ Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas and Gangula Prabhakar Reddy (MlAs quota) and V Gopal Reddy (Graduates) also took oath. Independents Y Srinivasulu Reddy (Graduates) and V Balasubrahmanyam (Teachers), who got re-elected, and another K Narasimha Reddy (Teachers) were also sworn-in by the Chairman.
