Just over a week after being sworn in as the Chief Minister, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy formally took charge at his chambers in the Secretariat here at 8.39 a.m. on Saturday. Senior bureaucrats, Secretariat staff and other leaders welcomed him amid Vedic chants by pundits.
Chief Secretary L.V. Subrahmanyam, CM’s principal advisor Ajeya Kallam, DGP Gautam Sawang, additional secretary to CM K. Dhananjaya Reddy, Rajya Sabha member V. Vijaya Sai Reddy and YSRCP leader Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy were among those who received Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
After entering the chambers located on the ground floor of Block-1, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy paid tributes at the portrait of his father and former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, and then occupied his chair at the scheduled time.