Hyderabad, November 25: Nestled along the borders of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh has come into focus thanks to the elevation of N Kiran Kumar Reddy to the post of chief minister.
For the first time in the state’s political history, the chief minister as well as the Leader of Opposition hail from the same district while the leader of the third largest party also represents the district though he is not a native.
While Kiran Kumar Reddy represents Pileru, Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu is an MLA from Kuppam and Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi represents temple-town Tirupati Assembly constituency.
Kiran Kumar Reddy is the third chief minister from Chittoor district.
Chandrababu Naidu and late N T Rama Rao were the other two, though the latter actually hailed from Krishna district.
Rama Rao represented Tirupati Assembly constituency.
–PTI