Amaravati: Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who led his YSR Congress Party to a thumping victory in the assembly elections, was sworn in on Thursday as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 46-year-old leader, whose party emerged victorious in 151 seats in the 175-member state assembly.The YSR Congress decimated the TDP headed by N. Chandrababu Naidu, who became the first chief minister of the state after it was bifurcated to carve out Telangana five years ago.The YSRC also won 22 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the recently concluded polls.Newly-elected Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy at the swearing-n ceremony in Vijaywada on May 30, 2019. Credit: PTIReddy took the oath in Telugu at 12:23 pm amid thunderous cheers by scores of party leaders and workers in a brief ceremony at the IGMC Stadium in Vijayawada.Only Reddy took the oath on Thursday. His council of ministers is expected to be sworn in on June 7.Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, DMK chief M.K. Stalin and Puducherry health minister Malladi Krishna Rao were also present at the ceremony, as were Telangana deputy chief minister Mahmood Ali, assembly speaker Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy and minister Talasani Srinivasa Yadav.Reddy’s mother and YSRC honorary president Y.S. Vijayamma, his wife Bharati and sister Sharmila and other members of the family were specially seated on the dais.Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Reddy, and assured the newly-appointed chief minister full cooperation from the Centre for the development of the state.Congratulations to @ysjagan on taking oath as Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister. I assure full cooperation from the Centre. We will work together to take Andhra Pradesh to new heights.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 30, 2019Congress president Rahul Gandhi also congratulated Reddy on being sworn in as chief minister of the state.Congratulations to Jagan Reddyji on being sworn in as the CM of Andhra Pradesh.My best wishes to him, his new team of ministers and to all the people of the state.— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 30, 2019