Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao is the current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2014.
He is also the founder and leader of a state party titled the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
Biography
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is first and current Chief Minister of Telangana. He came into the power after the Telangana state got separated from Andhra Pradesh. He is the leader and president of regional political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He is an MLA from the Gajwel constituency of Siddipet District. Previously, he served as the MLA of Andhra Pradesh from Siddipet and MP from Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak. After the completion of MA in Literature from Osmania University, Hyderabad, he entered in Politics with Youth Congress. During that period Congress was in a bad position but he stood with Sanjay Gandhi and retained the presence. In 1983 he joined TDP and then in 2001, he resigned from TDP and stood for the people with the demand of the separate state. He believed that a separate state is the only solution. In 2001, he formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party. In August 2006, he resigned from the Union Cabinet for the cause of Telangana and sat on Hunger Strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Went on a Hunger Strike again on 29 November 2009 which he withdrew on 9 December 2009 following the announcement by the Govt. of India that the process for formation of a separate State of Telangana would be initiated.