Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (abbr. TRS) is an Indian regional political party based in Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a single-point agenda of creating a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital.[8] It has been instrumental in carrying forth a sustained agitation for the granting of statehood to Telangana.[9]

Telangana Rashtra Samithi
AbbreviationTRS
PresidentK. Chandrashekar Rao
ChairpersonK. T. Rama Rao
Lok Sabha leaderNama Nageswara Rao
Rajya Sabha leaderK. Keshava Rao
FounderK. Chandrashekar Rao
Founded27 April 2001 (2001-04-27)
HeadquartersTelangana Bhavan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034[1]
NewspaperNamasthe Telangana, Telangana Today[2]
Student wingTRS Vidyarthi (TRSV)[3]
IdeologyPopulism[4]
Federalism[5]
Economic liberalism[6]
ColoursPink  
ECI StatusState Party[7]
Seats in Lok Sabha
9 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
7 / 245
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly
103 / 119
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council
26 / 40
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
www.trspartyonline.org

In the 2014 Telangana Assembly Election, the party won the majority of seats and formed the first Government in Telangana State. K. Chandrashekar Rao became the Chief Minister of Telangana. In the 2014 general election they have won 11 seats, making it the eighth largest party in Lok Sabha. It also won 3 seats in Rajya Sabha.

Ideology

On 27 April 2001,K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), resigned as Deputy Speaker, Telugu Desam Party as well.[10] He stood for the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated and believed that separate state is the only solution.[11] In April 2001, he formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve Telangana statehood.[10] The party initially won one-third of Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC) and one-quarter of Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTC) in Siddipet within sixty days of the formation of the party.[12]

Politics

In the 2004 assembly elections, the TRS formed an alliance with Indian National Congress and won 26 state assembly seats and also won 5 parliament seats at the national level. It joined the governments at both state and central level. In September 2006 the party withdrew support for the central government on the grounds of indecision by the government over the delivery of its electoral promise to create Telangana. When the Central government failed to deliver Telangana, the party withdrew support from the government.[8] On 13 September 2006, Rao triggered a by-election in his Lok Sabha constituency of Karimnagar, claiming provocation from one of the Congress MLA. He won the subsequent by-election with a strong majority. All TRS MLAs and MPs resigned their positions in April 2008 when the Central government did not meet their demand for a separate state in its latest budget session for the 5-year term. The by-election was held on 29 May 2008.[9] In the by-elections, 2008, TRS won 7 out of the 16 assembly segments and 2 out of the 4 loksabha segments that it resigned, a significant defeat for the party. TRS Chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao offered to resign after he lost a number of seats in by-elections but remained in office. In 2009, TRS formed an alliance with TDP and contested 45 Assembly and 9 Parliament seats to win only 10 Assembly and 2 parliament seats. That was considered another major defeat.

After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, and the creation of separate Telangana state, TRS won 64 out of 110 seats contested and formed government. The TRS Government headed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on 6 September 2018 dissolved the Legislative Assembly, the first after the formation of Telangana, to pave for early elections in the state.[13]

Membership

TRS Party president K Chandrasekhar Rao announced a schedule for the membership drive, which began on 3 February 2015, and elections to party committees from the village level. After a spectacular victory in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Telangana, The TRS Party is now focused on strengthening it in the state.

KCR said the TRS Membership Drive 2015[14] would continue till 20 February. Elections to party committees at different levels would be held during March and April.

TRS party officially started registration process to get membership from 3 February 2015.[15]

2014 Elections

In the 2014 Assembly and National Elections, TRS did not align with NDA or UPA and fought the elections on its own. 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 in Telangana. The TRS' campaign had no other stars except KCR who addressed over 300 public meetings, heli-hopping around and often addressing more than 10 meetings in a single day. The TRS not only retained its north Telangana stronghold but also made inroads in south Telangana, a Congress bastion.[16]

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, has taken oath as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014.

2018 Elections

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has announced a list of 104 candidates for elections after dissolving the state assembly on 6 September 2018 won the assembly elections with massive majority.[17] Won with 88 constituency seats which is more than 70% of 119 seats.

List of Chief ministers and deputy chief minister

Chief ministers of Telangana
No.[lower-alpha 1] Name
(Constituency)[lower-alpha 2]		 Portrait Term
(tenure length)		 Assembly
(election)		 Ref.
1 K. Chandrasekhar Rao
(Gajwel)		 2 June 2014 – 12 December 2018
(4 years, 6 months and 10 days)		 First Assembly
(2014 election)		 [20]
13 December 2018 – present
(1 year, 8 months and 4 days)		 Second Assembly
(2018 election)		 [21]

Deputy Chief Ministers of Telangana
S. No. Name Portrait Took Office Left Office Term Chief Minister
1 Mohammad Ali 2 June 2014[22] 12 December 2018 4 years, 193 days K. Chandrashekar Rao
2 T. Rajaiah 2 June 2014 25 January 2015[23] 237 days
3 Kadiyam Srihari 25 January 2015[24] 12 December 2018 3 years, 321 days

Election results

State Legislative Assembly elections
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year Election Seats Contested Seats Won Change of Seats Ref.
2004 Assembly 54 26 26 [25]
2008 Assembly (By) 16 7 – [26]
2009 Assembly 45 10 16 [27]
2010 Assembly (By) 11 11 –
2011 Assembly (By) 1 1 –
2012 Assembly (By) 5 5 –
2012 Assembly (By) 1 1 –
Telangana Legislative Assembly
Year Election Seats Contested Seats Won Change of Seats Ref.
2014 Assembly 110 64 53
2016 Assembly (By) 1 1 –
2016 Assembly (By) 1 1 –
2018 Assembly 119 88 25

Lok Sabha elections
Year Election Seats Contested Seats Won Change of Seats Ref.
2004 Parliament 22 5 5 [28]
2008 Parliament (By) 4 2 –
2009 Parliament 9 2 3 [29]
2014 Parliament 17 11 9 [29]
2014 Parliament (By) 1 1 –
2015 Parliament (By) 1 1 –
2019 Parliament 17 9 2
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See also

Notes
  1. A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  2. Sources:
    • First Legislative Assembly[18]
    • Second Legislative Assembly[19]

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