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After the grand swearing-in ceremony in Delhi where Narendra Modi returned as Prime Minister for a record third term, now it's time for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to welcome their new chief ministers on Wednesday. In the morning, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu will take the oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Later in the evening, tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

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A 25-member Council of Ministers in Andhra Pradesh, led by Naidu, will take oath today. Jana Sena Party (JSP) President Pawan Kalyan will serve as the sole Deputy Chief Minister in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led government. The list of 24 ministers, released early Wednesday, includes three from the JSP and one from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The rest are from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

The oath ceremony will take place at 11:27 AM, where the Governor will administer the oath of office to 74-year-old Naidu, who led the NDA to a significant victory in the recent elections. PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister JP Nadda, other Union Ministers, NDA leaders, and Chief Ministers from various states will attend the ceremony.

In the Assembly elections, TDP alone won 135 seats while Jana Sena Party bagged all 21 seats it contested. The BJP won eight out of 10 seats in the contest. The YSRCP, which had 151 members in the previous Assembly, has been reduced to just 11.

The BJP, which won a decisive victory in Odisha by securing 78 of the 147 assembly seats and ending the 24-year rule of Naveen Patnaik's BJD, has chosen Mohan Charan Majhi as the surprise candidate for the Chief Minister post. Majhi and his two deputies, KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, and the council of ministers will take oath today.