K. Chandrashekar Rao Explained

K. Chandrashekar Rao
Office:3rd Leader of the Opposition in Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term Start:16 December 2023[1]
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Revanth Reddy
Predecessor:vacant
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (2018-19)
Office1:1st President of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Term Start1:5 October 2022
1Blankname1:Working President
1Namedata1:K. T. Rama Rao
Predecessor1:office established
Office2:1st Chief Minister of Telangana
Term Start2:2 June 2014
Term End2:7 December 2023
Predecessor2:office established
Successor2:Anumula Revanth Reddy[2]
Office3:Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term Start3:2 June 2014
Constituency3:Gajwel
Predecessor3:Tumkunta Narsa Reddy (constituency shifted from Andhra Pradesh)
Office4:Union Minister of Labour & Employment
Primeminister4:Manmohan Singh
Predecessor4:Sis Ram Ola
Successor4:Manmohan Singh
Term Start4:27 November 2004
Term End4:24 August 2006
Office5:Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
Primeminister5:Manmohan Singh
Predecessor5:Shatrughan Sinha
Successor5:T. R. Baalu
Term Start5:22 May 2004
Term End5:25 May 2004
Office6:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start6:2009
Term End6:2014
Constituency6:Mahbubnagar, Andhra Pradesh
Predecessor6:D. Vittal Rao
Successor6:A. P. Jithender Reddy
Term Start7:2004
Term End7:2009
Constituency7:Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh
Predecessor7:C. Vidyasagar Rao
Successor7:Ponnam Prabhakar
Office8:President of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Term Start8:27 April 2001
Term End8:5 October 2022
Predecessor8:office established
Successor8:office abolished
1Blankname8:Working President
1Namedata8:K. T. Rama Rao (from 15 December 2018)
Office9:15th Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start9:1999
Term End9:2001
Successor9:Koppula Harishwar Reddy
Predecessor9:N. Mohammed Farook
1Blankname9:Speaker
1Namedata9:
Office10:Minister of Transport, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Governor10:Krishan Kant
Gopala Ramanujam
C. Rangarajan
1Blankname10:Chief Minister
1Namedata10:N. Chandrababu Naidu
Term Start10:1 September 1995
Term End10:11 October 1999
Predecessor10:P. Chandrasekhar
Successor10:Alimineti Madhava Reddy
Office11:Minister of Drought & Relief, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Term Start11:1987
Term End11:1988
Governor11:Kumudben Joshi
1Blankname11:Chief Minister
1Namedata11:N. T. Rama Rao
Office12:Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start12:1985
Term End12:2004
Constituency12:Siddipet
Predecessor12:Ananthula Madan Mohan
Successor12:T. Harish Rao
Birth Date:17 February 1954
Birth Place:Chintamadaka, Hyderabad State, India
(present-day Telangana)
Children:K. T. Rama Rao (son)
K. Kavitha (daughter)
Relatives:K. Himanshu Rao (grandchild)
T. Harish Rao (nephew)
Joginapally Santosh Kumar (nephew)
Alma Mater:Osmania University
Residence:Chinthamadaka, Telangana, India
Party:Bharat Rashtra Samithi (since 2001)
Otherparty:Telugu Desam Party (1983–2001)
Indian National Congress (1980–1983)

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), frequently known by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician currently representing the Gajwel Assembly constituency and serving as the leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.[3] He is the founder and leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a state party in India.[4] [5] After heading the Telangana Movement, he was the first Chief Minister of Telangana and held the position for almost 10 years.[6]

Early life

Rao was born to Raghava Rao and Venkatamma on 17 February 1954 in Chintamadaka village, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana).[7] He is of the Velama caste.[8] Rao has nine sisters and one elder brother.[9] He attained an MA degree in Telugu literature from Osmania University, Hyderabad.[10] [11]

Political career

Congress Party

Rao started his career with the Youth Congress in Medak. He stood by Indira Gandhi after her defeat in the 1977 Lok Sabha polls.

Independent Candidate

In the 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, Rao contested as an independent candidate in the Siddipet Assembly constituency. He lost to Ananthula Madan Mohan, a Congress candidate, by 877 votes.[12]

Telugu Desam Party

After the contest, in 1983, Rao joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He won four consecutive Assembly elections from Siddipet (1985-1999). From 1987 to 1988, he served as the Minister of Drought & Relief in Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao's cabinet. In 1990, he was appointed TDP convener for Medak, Nizamabad, and Adilabad districts. In 1996, he served as Transport minister in Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet.[13] [14] He also served as the deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from 2000 to 2001.[15]

Jai Telangana movement

On 27 April 2001, Rao resigned from the Telugu Desam Party, leaving his position of Deputy Speaker.[16] He stated that the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated against and believed that a separate state was the only solution.[17] The same day, he formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party (now called the Bharat Rashtra Samithi) at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve Telangana statehood. In the 2004 elections, he won from Siddipet and also the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency by election, both as a TRS candidate. The TRS contested the 2004 general elections in alliance with the Indian National Congress, with a promise from the Congress Party to grant Telangana statehood. Rao was one of the five TRS candidates who were elected as MPs.[18] [19]

TRS was part of the United Progressive Alliance coalition government, led by Congress. Rao went on to become a Union Cabinet Minister of Labour and Employment in the UPA government. In 2006, the party withdrew from the coalition, stating that the Alliance was not inclined to support a separate Telangana state, and he resigned as a MP.[20] [21] [22]

In 2009, Rao won the Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha elections.[23] In November 2009, he started a fast-unto-death, demanding the introduction of Telangana Bill in the Indian Parliament. Eleven days later, the Central Government initiated the process to grant Telangana statehood.[24]

In 2014, Rao was elected as MLA from Gajwel with a majority of 19,391 and as MP from Medak with a majority of 397,029 on 16 May 2014.[25]

In Telangana, the TRS, which led the campaign for a separate state for over a decade, received the most votes, winning 1 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats and 63 of the 119 Assembly seats.[26]

Foray into national politics

In May 2019, ahead of the 2019 Indian general election, Rao attempted to set up Federal Front along with leaders of other regional political parties. The Front's aim was to bring a non-Congress, non-BJP alliance to power at the Central Government of India.[27] [28]

In June 2022, Rao announced plans for a national party.[29] On 5 October 2022, the day of Vijayadashami, he renamed his party to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) at the party's Executive Council Meeting.[30]

Chief Minister of Telangana (2014–2023)

See also: First K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry and Second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry. Rao was sworn in as the first chief minister of the Telangana state on 2 June 2014. Rao, a staunch believer in astrology, numerology and vaastu, is reported to have fixed 12:57 PM for his inauguration as per the advice of priests to suit his lucky number 'six', since the sum of the digits at that time is six. He was re-elected eight times as TRS president.[31] In September 2018, he dissolved the Telangana Legislative Assembly, nine months before its term ends to go for an early election, in a move that has been called a masterstroke.[32] [33] In December 2018, he was re-elected as Chief Minister for the second term, after winning the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election by a big margin.[34]

Rao shaped the Telangana state to a high degree of development both economically and culturally, right from the formative years of the state since 2014. His welfare programs are aimed at reviving the rural economy and are focused on the development of each community. An intensive household survey, Samagra Kutumba Survey (SKS) was done in a single day on 19 August 2014 across the state to arrive at citizen information for rolling out welfare programs. The data collected pertaining to 94 parameters, covered one crore four lakh households in the State.[35]

Rao had revived the Telangana history, culture and festivals. The native festival Bathukamma, the festival of flowers and Shakti, was declared as a state festival.[36] In 2017, he declared Urdu to be the second official language of Telangana.[37] The government spent Rs. 1,200 crore for the expansion of the Yadadri temple.[38]

The Rao government has been described as populist, launching several welfare schemes.[39] [40] [41] [42]

Rao launched the Aarogya Lakshmi scheme on 1 January 2015.[43] [44] He launched multiple welfare schemes, such as the Double Bedroom Housing scheme, which aims to end slums in Telangana by providing free housing to the poor, the Kalyana Lakshmi - Shaadi Mubarak scheme, providing assistance to newlywed couples, the Rythu Bandhu scheme, providing assistance to farmers, and Aasara pension scheme, providing pensions to all senior citizens were also launched by the Rao government.[45] [46] On 16 August 2021, he launched the Dalit Bandu Scheme.[47]

Post chief minister role (2024–present)

In the December 2023 Telangana Legislative elections, he contested from both Gajwel and Kamareddy constituencies. He won from Gajwel by defeating Etela Rajender, a former member of his party, by 45553 votes.[48] In a major face-off, the two major candidates for the post of Chief Minister of Telangana KCR and Revanth Reddy were contesting against each other in the seat of Kamareddy. They both lost to K. V. Ramana Reddy, a member of the BJP.[49] [50] [51] After his defeat to the Indian National Congress, he submitted his resignation on 3 December 2023 and Revanth Reddy formed the new ministry.[52] KCR took on a new role as leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly after his defeat, on 16 December 2023.[53] Rao, who had previously stayed off social media, joined Twitter and Instagram on 27 April 2024, coinciding with his party's 23rd anniversary in an attempt to reach more people.[54] [55] In June 2024, he declined an invitation by Chief Minister to participate in the state celebrations marking 10 years of the formation of the state and chose to participate in his party's celebrations.[56] [57]

In the 2024 Indian general elections, his party failed to secure a single seat, despite contesting in all 17 of Telangana's Lok Sabha Constituencies, compared to the 9 seats they won in the previous elections.[58] [59]

Personal life

Rao is married to Shobha and has two children. His son, K. T. Rama Rao is a legislator from Sircilla. He was the cabinet minister for IT, Municipal Administration & Urban Development in Telangana second assembly. His daughter, Kavitha, served as M.P. from Nizamabad and is currently serving as a Member of Legislative Council, Nizamabad. His nephew, Harish Rao, is MLA from Siddipet. He served as Telangana's cabinet minister for finance in second assembly of Telangana. He is proficient in Telugu, English, Urdu, and Hindi.[60] He lives with his family at his farm house at Erravelli in Medak district.[61]

In 2015, Rao adopted Pratyusha, who was rescued from domestic violence. She was married in 2020.[62] [63]

In December 2023, he suffered a hip fracture after a fall at his farmhouse in Erravelli. He was admitted to Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad for treatment and was discharged after a week.[64] [65] [66]

Views

Rao is a Gandhian. He has credited Gandhism, the teachings and ideas of Mahatma Gandhi, for inspiring him to follow a non-violent approach in his demands during the Telangana movement.[67] [68]

Rao has described Rahul Gandhi as the "biggest buffoon in the country".[69] [70] He has described Narendra Modi as the "most ineffective PM" in Indian history.[71]

Rao is follower of Sri Vaishnavism of Ramanuja, an ardent devotee of his guru Chinna Jeeyar and a strong believer of Hinduism and spirituality.[72] To heighten spiritual consciousness, KCR initiated the reconstruction and renovation of significant temples across Telangana, including Yadadri, Kondagattu, and Vemulawada, among others.[73] [74] [75] [76]

Other work

Rao gave lyrics for the song "Garadi Chesthundru" from the film Jai Bolo Telangana (2011), and wrote a song in Kolimi (2015).[77] He also gave lyrics for songs to promote Mission Kakatiya and for his 2018 poll campaign.[78] [79]

Electoral performance

YearContested ForConstituencyOpponentVotesMajorityResult
11983MLASiddipetAnanthula Madan Mohan (INC)27,889–28,766– 887
21985T. Mahender Reddy (INC)45,215–29,05916,156
31989Ananthula Madan Mohan (INC)53,145–39,32913,816
4199464,645–37,53827,107
51999Mushinam Swamy Charan (INC)69,169–41,61427,555
62001 By PollsMareddy Srinivas Reddy (TDP)82,632–23,92058,712
72004Jilla Srinivas (TDP)74,287–29,61944,668
82004MPKarimnagarChennamaneni Vidyasagara Rao (BJP)451,199–320,031131,168
92006 By PollsT. Jeevan Reddy (INC)378,030–176,448201,582
102008 By Polls269,452–153,687115,765
112009MahabubnagarDevarakonda Vittal Rao (INC)366,569–346,38520,184
122014MLAGajwelPratap Reddy Vanteru (TDP)86,694–67,30319,391
132014MPMedakP. Shravan Kumar Reddy (INC)657,492–260,463397,029
142018MLAGajwelPratap Reddy Vanteru (INC)125,444–67,15458,290
152023MLAKamareddyK Venkata Ramana Reddy (BJP)59,911-66,652-6,741
GajwelEtela Rajender (BJP)111,684-66,65345,031

Awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TELANGANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY-RECOGNITION OF SRI KALVAKUNTLA CHANDRASHEKAR RAO, M.L.A. AS LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN THE THIRD TELANGANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.. 16 December 2023.
  2. News: Revanth Reddy To Be Sworn In As Telangana Chief Minister Tomorrow . 2023-12-07 . NDTV . 2023-12-06 . 2023-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207131113/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/revanth-reddy-to-take-oath-as-telangana-chief-minister-today-sonia-gandhi-rahul-gandhi-to-attend-4640509 . live .
  3. News: 2023-12-16 . KCR recognised as Leader of Opposition in Assembly . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216150733/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/kcr-recognised-as-leader-of-opposition-in-assembly/article67645468.ece . 2023-12-16 . 2024-04-24 . . en-IN . 0971-751X . Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA from Gajwel and former chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao was recognised as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly..
  4. Web site: About BRS . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20230323171106/https://brsonline.in/history/ . 2023-03-23 . 2024-04-24 . . Telangana Rashtra Samithi, popularly known as TRS party, was founded on 27th April 2001 by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)..
  5. News: Ch Rao . Sushil . 2014-06-13 . Telangana CM, K Chandrashekar Rao, a Hindi speaking CM in south India . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140614202806/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/K-Chandrashekar-Rao/articleshow/36503218.cms . 2014-06-14 . 2014-08-03 . . For the first time in 25 years, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader K Chandrasekhara Rao, who is now the chief minister of the newly formed Telangana state, is showing his language skills in Hindi..
  6. Web site: 2023-12-03 . Leader behind 'mission Telangana': A look back on KCR's political journey . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231203102307/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/telangana-assembly-election-results-2023-leader-behind-mission-telangana-a-look-back-at-kcrs-political-journey-101701590470865.html . 2023-12-03 . 2024-04-24 . . en-IN . Determined to raise the cause for the people of the Telangana region, KCR spearheaded the Telangana movement.; Born in Hyderabad Chintamadaka village in present-day Telangana, KCR started his political career with the Youth Congress party in Medhak.; In 1983 assembly elections in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, he contested against Ananthula Madan Mohan which he lost but stunned observers by securing a few votes short of the Congress heavyweight..
  7. News: B Prasad . Krishna . 2017-02-17 . 6,000 priests to hold special pujas on K Chandrasekhar Rao's birthday . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170217153509/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/6000-priests-to-hold-special-pujas-on-k-chandrasekhar-raos-birthday/articleshow/57197494.cms . 2017-02-17 . 2024-04-24 . . 0971-8257 . Eight-time MLA and four-time MP, K Chandrasekhar Rao was born on February 17, 1954, in Chintamadaka village, of Siddipeta mandal in Siddipet district..
  8. News: Sadam . Rishika . 2023-04-15 . 125-ft statue of Ambedkar, awards for social service — how KCR is trying to shed 'feudal image' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230415081427/https://theprint.in/india/125-ft-statue-of-ambedkar-awards-for-social-service-how-kcr-is-trying-to-shed-feudal-image/1519899/ . 2023-04-15 . 2024-04-24 . . KCR hails from the Velama (zamindar or landlord) community..
  9. News: Rao . Sushil . 2018-02-21 . Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao's sister Vimala Bai passes away . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180226160430/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-cm-k-chandrasekhar-raos-sister-vimala-bai-passes-away/articleshow/63014810.cms . 2018-02-26 . 2021-03-10 . . KCR has eight elder sisters, a younger sister and elder brother..
  10. Web site: Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331174349/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4083 . 31 March 2014 . 7 January 2016 . . Educational Qualifications: M.A. (Literature); Educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
  11. Web site: 2018-10-31 . K Chandrashekar Rao: Know the journey of 'architect' of Telangana movement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181031150419/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/k-chandrashekar-rao-know-the-journey-of-the-architect-of-telangana-movement-3102661.html . 2018-10-31 . 2020-11-26 . . KCR, who once started movement for a separate state with only a handful of supporters, became the guide of the destiny of over 350 lakh Telangana people in his capacity as the first CM of the state..
  12. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220607163616/https://ceotelangana.nic.in/Archives/StasticalReports/StatRep_AP_1983.pdf#page=351 . 2022-06-07 . 2024-04-24 . . 351.
  13. Web site: 2023-11-01 . Who is KCR? BRS Leader And First Chief Minister Of Telangana . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101070532/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/telangana-assembly-election-2023-who-is-kcr-brs-leader-and-first-chief-minister-of-telangana-article-104879059 . 2023-11-01 . 2024-04-24 . . en . Rao joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1983. He won four consecutive Assembly elections from Siddipet 1985 and 1999. From 1987 to 1988, he worked as Minister of Drought and Relief in Chief minister NT Rama Rao's cabinet. In 1990, he was appointed TDP convener for Medak, Nizamabad, and Adilabad districts. In 1996, he worked as Transport minister in Chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet..
  14. Web site: Kalavalapalli . Yogendra . 2016-07-12 . Are Chandrababu Naidu and KCR two sides of the same coin? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160713172924/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/RDsN1bju8gHx3umHhy2aFL/Are-Chandrababu-Naidu-and-KCR-two-sides-of-the-same-coin.html . 2016-07-13 . 2024-04-24 . . en . KCR served as transport minister in Naidu’s cabinet in 1996 and was the deputy speaker of the state assembly from 2000-01 before he quit the TDP to start the TRS..
  15. News: 2014-02-26 . KCR to enter Congress via Telangana? . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302023543/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kcr-to-enter-congress-via-telangana/454446-37-64.html . 2014-03-02 . 2014-02-26 . . KCR started his career with the youth Congress controlled by Sanjay Gandhi in the 1970s. As he himself claims, he and a few others stood by Indira Gandhi even after her defeat in the 1977 Lok Sabha polls..
  16. Web site: 28 April 2001 . Dy. Speaker resigns, launches new outfit . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305173544/http://hindu.com/2001/04/28/stories/0428201c.htm . 5 March 2014 . 24 February 2014 . . Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao today resigned as Deputy Speaker, MLA and primary member of the ruling Telugu Desam Party and launched the Telangana Rashtra Samithi to fight for separate Statehood..
  17. News: 2001-05-19 . Telangana finds a new man and moment . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090108100246/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/19/stories/0419201x.htm . 2009-01-08 . 2011-06-30 . . Mr. Rao argues that Mr. Naidu protected the interests of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, but did not intervene when the coal-based fertiliser factory at Ramagundam was closed down. He says that farmers in the Telangana region got a raw deal, as revealed by suicides among cotton farmers, the distress sale of infants by Lambada families, and the spread of viral fever in Adilabad district. He accuses the Congress and the BJP also of insincerity in their efforts to develop the region..
  18. Web site: S. Kumar . Nagesh . Politics of separation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227220251/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2215/stories/20050729003303700.htm . 2014-02-27 . 2014-02-24 . . The Hindu.
  19. News: 2014-02-21 . KCR: The man who revived Telangana movement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240608112702/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kcr-the-man-who-revived-telangana-movement/story-0RpCEDNGT0PuwAXrs7fZjJ.html . 2024-06-08 . 2017-06-19 . Hindustan Times.
  20. Web site: 2009-12-10 . Telangana isn't scary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091213201523/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Telangana-isn-t-scary/H1-Article1-485141.aspx . 2009-12-13 . 2024-04-25 . Hindustan Times.
  21. Web site: KCR pulls a 'fast' one in just 11 days . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240424205505/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kcr-pulls-a-fast-one-in-just-11-days-38381.html . 2024-04-24 . 2024-04-24 . . en-IN.
  22. Web site: 2006-09-04 . Cracks in UPA as TRS chief Chandrasekhar Rao resigns from Union Cabinet . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240424205500/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20060904-trs-chief-chandrasekhar-rao-resigns-from-manmohan-singh-cabinet-784633-2006-09-03 . 2024-04-24 . 2024-04-24 . . en-IN.
  23. News: Reddy . R. Ravikanth . 2024-04-24 . For first time in 20 years, KCR clan absent from Parliament poll race . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20240424024418/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/for-first-time-in-20-years-kcr-clan-absent-from-parliament-poll-race/article68098751.ece . 2024-04-24 . 2024-04-24 . . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  24. Web site: 2009-12-10 . KCR smiles, ends 11-day fast over Telangana . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150913185835/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kcr-smiles-ends-11-day-fast-over-telangana-406514 . 2015-09-13 . 2024-06-10 . NDTV India.
  25. Book: General Elections to the House of People and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 2014 Statistical Report . . 2014 . . 75 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161013131334/http://ceotelangana.nic.in/GE_2014/General%20Election%20HOP%202014%20Book.pdf#page=75 . 2016-10-13 . live.
  26. Web site: TRS wins in Telangana . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052151/http://deccan-journal.com/content/trs-storms-power-telangana . 2014-05-29 . 2014-05-27 . Deccan Journal.
  27. News: 2014-05-24 . KCR in a fix with lucky number 6 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524075736/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140524/nation-current-affairs/article/kcr-fix-lucky-number-6 . 2014-05-24 . 2020-11-26 . Deccan Chronicle.
  28. Web site: Lasania . Yunus Y. . 2019-05-08 . As polls enter final stages, KCR hard sells federal front idea . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195911/https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/as-polls-enter-final-stages-kcr-hard-sells-federal-front-idea-1557337740158.html . 2021-06-24 . 2020-11-26 . Mint (newspaper).
  29. Web site: 2022-06-11 . KCR likely to float national party Bharat Rashtra Samithi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231215131012/https://telanganatoday.com/kcr-likely-to-float-national-party-bharat-rashtra-samithi . 2023-12-15 . 2022-06-22 . . en-IN.
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