KCR elected TRS chief for 8th term

Telangana Chief Minister and TRS supremo K. Chandrasekhar Rao was unanimously re-elected as party president for the 8th term in the impromptu elections held at the Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters in Banjara Hills.

The re-election of Mr Rao for another two-year term which was a foregone conclusion will be announced at the plenary to be held at the Lal Bahadur Stadium on April 24.

Mr Rao quit as Deputy Speaker and announced formation of TRS at Jaladrusyam on banks of Hussainsagar Lake on April 27, 2001 and has been heading the party since. “Only Chief Minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s name was proposed for the party president. I received six sets of nomination papers. I waited till 3 pm but none others have filed,” said Nayani Narasimha Reddy said. The rumours of a working president of the party in view of his busy schedule and ill health had been faded out.

Deputy Chief Ministers Kadiam Srihari and Mohd. Mahamood Ali, energy minister G. Jagdish Reddy, Balka Suman, B.B. Patil, MPs Somavarapu Sathyanarayana, MLA others backed the CM. The home minister a contemporary of KCR said large number of people from Seemandhra living in Hyderabad including places like Malkajgiri, Kukatpally and other areas took TRS party membership. “TRS has no ill-will towards ordinary Seemaandhra people, but differ with political leaders. Even in Hyderabad in which TRS is considered weakest, 30,000 people have enrolled as active members and one lakh in L B Nagar,” he said.