Telangana Rashtra Samiti renames itself to Bharat Rashtra Samiti

One of the major Telugu political parties, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), is making a foray into national politics.

Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samiti President K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday launched the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), the new name of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), marking his first step toward becoming a national party ahead of the 2024 elections.

During a general body meeting in Hyderabad, the party passed a resolution to unanimously be renamed.


The launch took place at 1.19 pm today.

The party also made necessary amendments to its constitution in the same meeting and sent the resolution and the amended party Constitution to the Election Commission of India (ECI) which was accepted by the Commission.

The TRS itself was launched in April 2000.

Celebrations have broken out outside the party headquarters, with Telangana Chief Minister KCR now officially setting himself up as a national presence.

"Desh ke neta KCR" chants reverberated and similar slogans were seen in posters.

As part of the change, the party set up banners across town with slogans like "Desh ke neta KCR," "Dear India he is coming", and "KCR is on the way."

Earlier in May this year, KCR in his bid to unite the Opposition to take on the BJP at the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, held a meeting with former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru where he discussed an alternative political outfit to the BJP.

(Inputs from PTI)