Naidu scripts history TDP chief to be sworn in as AP CM for record fourth time today

TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu is set to take oath as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, marking his fourth term in that role.
Naidu is scheduled to take oath at 11.27 am at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram Airport on the outskirts of Vijayawada.
On Tuesday, the Telugu Desam Legislature Party and NDA partners elected Naidu as their leader.
Leaders of the NDA comprising TDP, BJP and Jana Sena met Governor S Abdul Nazeer and stake claim to form a government.
There could be an invitation from the Governor to form the government by Tuesday evening.
Some more leaders are likely to be sworn in along with Naidu, including TDP general secretary, Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh, and Jana Sena leader N Manohar.
Naidu first became the chief minister in 1995 and had another two terms.
His first two terms as chief minister were at the helm of united Andhra Pradesh, beginning in 1995 and ending in 2004, nine years at a stretch while the third term came post-bifurcation of the state.
In 2014, Naidu emerged as the first chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh and served it until 2019. He lost the 2019 polls to remain an opposition leader until 2024.
Following a landslide victory in the 2024 elections, he is returning as the CM for the fourth term.
The NDA comprising TDP, BJP and Janasena won a landslide victory in the recently concluded simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the southern state with a brute majority of 164 Assembly and 21 Lok Sabha seats.