Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Governor Surjeet Singh Barnala today (May 12, 2004) invited the newly-elected Congress Legislature Party leader Y S Rajasekhar Reddy to form the next Government.

"I have been informed about your unanimous election as leader of the Congress Legislature Party. I congratulate you and hereby invite you to form the Government," the Governor said in a letter to Reddy.

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Earlier, a delegation of Congress leaders, led by former MP P Upendra, met Barnala at Raj Bhavan and handed over a letter by the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president D Srinivas informing the Governor about the election of Reddy as CLP leader.

Reddy, who spearheaded the party's campaign and steered it to a spectacular comeback to power, will be sworn in as Chief Minister on May 14.

Meanwhile, Reddy is scheduled to call on the Governor later in the evening.