Reddy chosen Andhra CLP leader

Congress leader Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy will be Andhra Pradesh's new chief minister.

Reddy, who steered the party to a landslide victory, was unanimously elected Congress legislature party leader at a meeting of the new legislators in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

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His name was proposed by PCC president D Srinivas, who was also said to have been one of the contenders, and seconded by senior leader K Ranga Rao. All the MLAs seconded his candidature by a voice vote

Midway through the two-hour meeting, Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad and Reddy called up party chief Sonia Gandhi "to take her clearance", J Geeta Reddy, state Mahila Congress president, said.

The CM will be sworn in at 1300 IST, May 14, Azad said.