Eight newly-elected MLCs from the local body constituencies took oath at the Legislative Council on May 15.
Council Chairman K. Moshenu Raju administered the oath of office to them. The MLCs are P. Rama Subba Reddy (Kadapa), Meriga Muralidhar (Nellore), Kavuru Srinivas and Vanka Ravindranath (West Godavari), Kudupudi Suryanarayana Rao (East Godavari), Narthu Rama Rao (Srikakulam), S. Subramanyam (Chittoor) and A. Madhusudhan (Kurnool).
Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development B. Mutyala Naidu, Ministers Dharmana Prasada Rao, Ch. Venugopala Krishna, Karumuri Nageswara Rao and M. Nagarjuna, Advisor to Government (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, Assembly Secretary General P.P.K. Ramacharyulu, Chief Whips Mudunuri Prasada Raju and Umareddy Venkateswarlu and others were present.