K. Chandrashekar Rao
BRS founder; former chief minister of Telangana
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K. Chandrashekar Rao, born in 1954, founded the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in 2001, renamed the Bharat Rashtra Samithi in 2022, and is its president. He was the first chief minister of Telangana from June 2014 to December 2023, Union Minister of Labour and Employment from 2004 to 2006, and has been leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly since December 2023. He was earlier a member of the Indian National Congress and the Telugu Desam Party.Sources:1Wikipedia: K. Chandrashekar Rao, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
Roles and connections
- Telangana TodayOwner of Telangana Today: Reported owner of the publisher (Wikipedia, citing Hindustan Times and Firstpost, 2016); BRS founder and former chief minister of Telangana. The paper's editor, K. Srinivas Reddy, said KCR "does not directly own the newspaper but yes, the tag is there"Hyderabad English daily from the publisher of Namasthe Telangana
- Bharat Rashtra SamithiFounder and presidentTelangana-based Indian political party, formerly TRS
- Government of TelanganaChief Minister of Telangana (2014–2023)State government of Telangana, India
- Union Government of IndiaUnion Minister of Labour and Employment (2004–2006)Central government of India
- Indian National CongressMember (1980–1983)Opposition political party in India
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