K. Chandrashekar Rao
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] He was the first Chief Minister of Telangana after the formation of the state and held the position for almost 10 years. He was the leader of the Telangana Movement, the region's fight for a separate state.[6][7]
K. Chandrashekar Rao | |
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Official portrait, April 2017 | |
| 3rd Leader of the Opposition Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 9 December 2023 | |
| Governor | Tamilisai Soundararajan |
| Chief Minister | Revanth Reddy |
| Preceded by | Vacant Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (2018-19) |
| President of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2022 | |
| Working President | K. T. Rama Rao |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| 1st Chief Minister of Telangana | |
| In office 2 June 2014 – 7 December 2023 | |
| Governor | |
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Office Established (Kiran Kumar Reddy as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh) |
| Succeeded by | Anumula Revanth Reddy[1] |
| Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Tumkunta Narsa Reddy |
| Constituency | Gajwel |
| Union Minister of Labour & Employment | |
| In office 27 November 2004 – 24 August 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Sis Ram Ola |
| Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh |
| Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways | |
| In office 22 May 2004 – 25 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Shatrughan Sinha |
| Succeeded by | T. R. Baalu |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | D. Vittal Rao |
| Succeeded by | A. P. Jithender Reddy |
| Constituency | Mahbubnagar |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| Succeeded by | Ponnam Prabhakar |
| Constituency | Karimnagar |
| President of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| In office 27 April 2001 – 5 October 2022 | |
| Working President | K. T. Rama Rao (from 15 December 2018) |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| 15th Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| Speaker |
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| Preceded by | N. Mohammed Farook |
| Succeeded by | Koppula Harishwar Reddy |
| Minister of Transport Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 1 September 1995 – 11 October 1999 | |
| Governor | Krishan Kant Gopala Ramanujam C. Rangarajan |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | P. Chandrasekhar |
| Succeeded by | Alimineti Madhava Reddy |
| Minister of Drought & Relief Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 1987–1988 | |
| Governor | Kumudben Joshi |
| Chief Minister | N. T. Rama Rao |
| Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 1985–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Ananthula Madan Mohan |
| Succeeded by | T. Harish Rao |
| Constituency | Siddipet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1954 Chintamadaka, Hyderabad State, (present-day Telangana) India[2] |
| Political party | Bharat Rashtra Samithi (Since 2001) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1980–1983) Telugu Desam Party (1983–2001) |
| Spouse | K. Shobha |
| 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 |
Early life edit
Rao was born to Raghava Rao and Venkatamma on 17 February 1954 in Chintamadaka village, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana).[2] 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][7]
Political career edit
Congress Party edit
Rao started his career with the Youth Congress in Medak.[6] He stood by Indira Gandhi even after her defeat in the 1977 Lok Sabha polls.[11]
Independent Candidate edit
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 and a person he considered as his "guru", by just 877 votes.[12][6]
Telugu Desam Party edit
After the contest, in 1983, Rao joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).[13] He won four Assembly elections from Siddipet, consecutively, from 1985 to 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.[11]
Jai Telangana movement edit
On 27 April 2001, Rao resigned from the Telugu Desam Party, leaving his position of Deputy Speaker as well.[15] He asserted that the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated against and believed that a separate state was the only solution.[16] 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.[4][15] In the 2004 elections, he won from Siddipet and also the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency by-election, both as a TRS candidate. The TRS fought the 2004 general elections in alliance with the Indian National Congress with a Promise of Congress Party to give Telangana State and Rao was one of the five TRS candidates who returned as MPs.[17][18]
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.[6] The party later withdrew from the coalition, saying that the Alliance was not minded to support a separate Telangana state.[19][20] He has resigned as MP in 2006 on a challenge of Congress and won with a huge majority of more than 200,000 votes. Again he resigned as MP in agitation of Telangana movement and won with a minor majority.[21]
In 2009, Rao fought and won the Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha elections.[22] In November 2009, he started a fast-unto-death, demanding the introduction of Telangana Bill in the Indian Parliament. After 11 days of beginning his fast, the Central Government said yes to Telangana as a separate state.[23][20]
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.[24]
In Telangana, the TRS, which led the campaign for a separate State for more than a decade, emerged victorious by winning 11 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats and 63 of the 119 Assembly seats, and emerged as the party with the largest vote share.[25]
Foray into national politics edit
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.[26][27]
Bharat Rashtra Samithi edit
In June 2022, Rao announced to float a national party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).[28] On 5 October 2022, at the day of Vijayadashami, he renamed his party to Bharat Rashtra Samithi on party's Executive Council Meeting.
Chief Minister of Telangana (2014–2023) edit
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.[26] He was re-elected eight times as TRS president.[29] 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.[30][31] 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.[32]
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.[33]
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.[34] In 2017, he declared Urdu to be the second official language of Telangana.[35] The government spent Rs. 1,200 crore for the expansion of the Yadadri temple.[36]
The Rao government has been described as populist, launching several welfare schemes.[37][38][39][40]
Rao launched the Aarogya Lakshmi scheme on 1 January 2015.[41][42] 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.[40][43][44] On August 16, 2021, he launched the Dalit Bandu Scheme.[45]
Post chief minister role (2024–present) edit
In the December 2023 Telangana Legislative elections, he contested from both Gajwel and Kamareddy constituencies. He won from Gajwel by defating Etela Rajender, a former member of his party, by 45553 votes.[46] 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. But in a major upset, they both lost to K. V. Ramana Reddy, a member of the BJP. [47][48][49] After his defeat to the Indian National Congress, he submitted his resignation on 3 December 2023 and Revanth Reddy formed the new ministry.[50]
KCR took on a new role as leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly after his defeat, on 16 December 2023.[51] 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.[52][53]
Personal life edit
Rao is married to Shobha and has two children.[10] 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.[5][54] He lives with his family at his farm house at Erravelli in Medak district.[55]
In 2015, Rao adopted Pratyusha, who was rescued from domestic violence. She was married in 2020.[56][57]
In December 2023, he suffered a hip fracture after a fall at his farmhouse in Erravelli.[58] He was admitted to Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad for treatment and was discharged after a week.[59][60]
Views edit
Rao is a Gandhian. He has credited Mahatma Gandhi's ideology for inspiring him in his non-violent Telangana movement.[61][62]
Rao has described Rahul Gandhi as the "biggest buffoon in the country".[63][64] He has described Narendra Modi as the "most ineffective PM" in Indian history.[65]
Rao is follower of Sri Vaishnavism of Ramanuja, an ardent devotee of his guru Chinna Jeeyar and a strong believer of Hinduism and spirituality.[66] To heighten spiritual consciousness, KCR initiated the reconstruction and renovation of significant temples across Telangana, including Yadadri, Kondagattu, and Vemulawada, among others.[67][68][69][70]
Other work edit
Rao gave lyrics for the song "Garadi chesthundru" from the film Jai Bolo Telangana (2011), and wrote a song in Kolimi (2015).[71] He also gave lyrics for songs to promote Mission Kakatiya and for his 2018 poll campaign.[72][73]
Electoral performance edit
| Year | Contested For | Constituency | Opponent | Votes | Majority | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983 | MLA | Siddipet | Ananthula Madan Mohan (INC) | 27,889–28,766 | – 887 | Lost |
| 2 | 1985 | T. Mahender Reddy (INC) | 45,215–29,059 | 16,156 | Won | ||
| 3 | 1989 | Ananthula Madan Mohan (INC) | 53,145–39,329 | 13,816 | Won | ||
| 4 | 1994 | 64,645–37,538 | 27,107 | Won | |||
| 5 | 1999 | Mushinam Swamy Charan (INC) | 69,169–41,614 | 27,555 | Won | ||
| 6 | 2001 By Polls | Mareddy Srinivas Reddy (TDP) | 82,632–23,920 | 58,712 | Won | ||
| 7 | 2004 | Jilla Srinivas (TDP) | 74,287–29,619 | 44,668 | Won | ||
| 8 | 2004 | MP | Karimnagar | Chennamaneni Vidyasagara Rao (BJP) | 451,199–320,031 | 131,168 | Won |
| 9 | 2006 By Polls | T. Jeevan Reddy (INC) | 378,030–176,448 | 201,582 | Won | ||
| 10 | 2008 By Polls | 269,452–153,687 | 115,765 | Won | |||
| 11 | 2009 | Mahabubnagar | Devarakonda Vittal Rao (INC) | 366,569–346,385 | 20,184 | Won | |
| 12 | 2014 | MLA | Gajwel | Pratap Reddy Vanteru (TDP) | 86,694–67,303 | 19,391 | Won |
| 13 | 2014 | MP | Medak | P. Shravan Kumar Reddy (INC) | 657,492–260,463 | 397,029 | Won |
| 14 | 2018 | MLA | Gajwel | Pratap Reddy Vanteru (INC) | 125,444–67,154 | 58,290 | Won |
| 15 | 2023 | MLA | Kamareddy | K Venkata Ramana Reddy (BJP) | 59,911-66,652 | -6,741 | Lost |
| Gajwel | Etela Rajender (BJP) | 111,684-66,653 | 45,031 | Won |
Awards edit
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External links edit
- Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister