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telangana rashtra samithi

Telangana Rashtra Samithi, often abbreviated as TRS, is a regional political party from the state of Telangana, India. The TRS party was founded on April 27, 2001, by politician K Chandrashekar Rao, with an agenda to create a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital. The party has been instrumental in carrying forth a long agitation for the granting of statehood to Telangana. In the 2014 Telangana Assembly Election, TRS won majority of assembly seats and formed the first state government in Telangana. The president and founder of the party K Chandrashekar Rao became the chief minister of the state. In the 2014 General Election, the party managed to win 11 seats making it eighth largest party in Lok Sabha. The party also won 3 seats in Rajya Sabha. The next Telangana Assembly elections will be held on December 7 and the results will be declared on December 11.


Last Updated:Dec 25, 2020, 04.36 AM IST

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