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Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Telangana Rashtra Samithi is a political party in Andhra Pradesh. K Chandrashekar Rao is the President of the party. The party's headquarters is located in Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad. The TRS party has 2 members in the Lok Sabha and 17 MLAs in the Legislative Assembly.
Formation
After quitting the Telugu Desam Party, K Chandrasekhar Rao founded the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party. TRS initially contested in the local body elections. They won one third of Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC) seats and one quarter of Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTC) in Siddipet within sixty days of the formation of the party.
2004 Elections
The party formed an alliance with Congress and contested the 2004 elections. TRS achieved success winning 5 seats in the Lok Sabha and 26 seats in the Andhra Pradesh assembly. The party then formed an alliance with the UPA Government. However, in September 2006, TRS withdrew support blaming the delay by the UPA Government to form the Telangana state.
2006 By-election
TRS MP K Chandrasekhar Rao resigned to his MP seat on September 13, 2006. He won the subsequent byelection by a big margin.
2008 By-elections
All the MLAs and MPs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi have resigned as the Centre failed to announce the Telangana state in the budget session. The by-elections for the constituencies were held on May 29, 2008. Out of 16 assembly constituencies, TRS managed to retain 7 seats. It won 2 out of the 4 MP seats. After the disappointing results in the byelections, TRS president KCR offered to resign as president of the party, but held his position on the pressure of the party workers.
2009 Elections
TRS entered into a 'Grand Alliance' with the Telugu Desam Party and Third Front and contested in the 2009 elections. Even before the counting began, TRS has switched its loyalties to to the NDA. TRS won just 10 out of the 26 seats contested in the Assembly and three out of the five MP seats. On June 19, 2009 KCR has resigned as the president of TRS party after the disastrous performance in the assembly elections which saw TRS with less than 4% strength in the Assembly. However, he was made the president of the party again. Talli Telangana party founded by former actress Vijayashanti was merged into the TRS party before the 2009 elections.
2012 By-Elections
By-polls were held in six assembly constituencies in 2012 - Mahabubnagar, Station Ghanpur, Kollapur, Adilabad, Nagarkurnool and Kamareddy constituencies. TRS contested in five of the six constituencies and it chose to support independent candidate Nagam Janardhan Reddy in Nagarkurnool constituency.
The party fared well winning four of the five seats that it contested in. TRS candidates Jogu Ramanna (Adilabad), Gampa Govardhan (Kamareddy), T Rajaiah (Station Ghanpur), Jupally Krishna Rao (Kollapur) registered victories. Syed Ibrahim has lost in the Mahabubnagar bypoll.
Politicians of the TRS Party
The following are the politicians of Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Andhra Pradesh assembly and the Lok Sabha.
MLAs
- Kaveti Sammaiah - Sirpur, Adilabad
- Nallala Odelu - Chennur (SC), Adilabad
- Aravinda Reddy Gaddam - Mancherial, Adilabad
- Jogu Ramanna - Adilabad
- Pocharam Srinivas Reddy - Banswada
- Eanugu Ravinder Reddy - Yellareddy, Nizamabad
- Gampa Govardhan - Kamareddy, Nizamabad
- Kalvakuntla Vidyasagar Rao - Koratla, Karimnagar
- Koppula Eshwar - Dharmapuri, Karimnagar
- Somarapu Satyanarayana - Ramagundam, Karimnagar
- Chennamaneni Ramesh - Vemulawada, Karimnagar
- K Taraka Rama Rao - Sircilla, Karimnagar
- Etela Rajender - Huzurabad, Karimnagar
- T Harish Rao - Siddipet, Medak
- Jupally Krishna Rao - Kollapur, Mahabubnagar
- T Rajaiah - Station Ghanpur, Warangal
- Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar - Warangal West, Warangal
MPs
- K Chandrashekar Rao - President of TRS, MP from Mahaboobnagar
- Vijayashanti - Medak
TRS in Elections
Assembly
| Year | Seats Contested | Seats Won |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 54 | 26 |
| 2008 (bye-elections) | 16 | 7 |
| 2009 | 45 | 10 |
| 2010 (bye-elections) | 11 | 11 |
| 2011 (bye-elections) | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 (bye-elections) | 5 | 4 |
Parliament
| Year | Seats Contested | Seats Won |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 5 |
| 2008 (bye-elections) | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 |
Party Office
Telangana Bhavan
Bhanjara Hills, Road no. 12
MLA Colony, Hyderabad 500012
Tel: 040 2233445566, 2233445567
Fax: 040 2323452216
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News
- Telangana News on April 27, 2012 - April 27, 2012
- TRS places adjournment motion on Telangana State resolution - December 2, 2011
- Lok Sabha Speaker rejects Telangana MPs resignations - November 15, 2011
- TDP alleges match-fixing between TRS and Congress - November 10, 2011
- TRS Polit Bureau member detained under NSA - November 4, 2011
- Protests across Telangana on AP Formation Day - November 1, 2011
- TRS ready to merge with Congress says Jupally Krishna Rao - October 31, 2011
- MLAs Jupally Krishna Rao, T Rajaiah and Somarapu Satyanarayana join TRS - October 30, 2011
- Jupally, Rajaiah and Somarapu to join TRS - October 29, 2011
- TRS finds fault with Chandrababu Naidu's letter seeking quick completion of Polavaram project - October 26, 2011
- Telugu Desam Telangana Forum demands KCR to declare his assets - October 24, 2011
- TRS victorious in Banswada by-election - October 17, 2011
- Telangana delegation to leave to New Delhi today - September 30, 2011
- Lagadapati Rajagopal arrested in Hyderabad - September 27, 2011
- TJAC releases schedule of next phase in Telangana agitations - September 26, 2011
- Congress nominates Srinivas Goud as candidate for Banswada Assembly byelection - September 22, 2011
- KCR contemplating going on a fast-undo-death for Telangana again - September 20, 2011
- Public transportation takes hit on seventh day of general strike - September 19, 2011
- All-party delegation meets CM and urges him to withdraw security forces at Singareni Collieries - September 18, 2011
- Telangana General Strike tomorrow - September 12, 2011
- KCR urges TRS activists to make general strike a success - September 3, 2011
- Telangana Political JAC to intensify protests - August 31, 2011
- Minister Sridhar Babu urges Telangana employees to reconsider going on general strike - August 29, 2011
- Rama Rao says Telangana Congress and TDP MLAs should learn from YSR loyalists - August 21, 2011
- Telangana JAC students bandh on August 10 - August 7, 2011
- Several buses cancelled due to Telangana bandh - July 22, 2011
- TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao and MP Vijayashanti tenders resignations - July 5, 2011
- KCR's and Vijayashanti's resignations for Telangana cause - July 5, 2011
- TRS stages dharna against shortage of cotton seeds - June 10, 2011
- Telangana Political JAC decides to intensify Telangana movement - June 4, 2011
- Harish Rao says no-confidence motion a drama - June 4, 2011
- TRS to support no-confidence motion against the Government - June 2, 2011
- TRS to stage Rashta Rokos in Telangana region - May 14, 2011
- TRS ready to work with Nagam Janardhan Reddy if he quits TDP - May 3, 2011
- Rajender alleges parties trying to woo people with money and liquor in Kadapa - April 26, 2011
- TRS leader Sambasivudu hacked to death - March 27, 2011
- Krishna Madiga urges people to stop believing KCR and his family - March 18, 2011
- 'Million march' today - March 10, 2011
- TRS to boycott Assembly sessions - March 2, 2011
- KTR warns Government to announce its decision on Telangana before situation gets out of control - March 1, 2011
- Special increments for all Telangana Government Employees : KCR - February 26, 2011
- Harish Rao taken into custody in Secunderabad - February 22, 2011
- Rajender and KTR demands immediate release of students - February 22, 2011
- Telanana non-cooperation movement begins today - February 17, 2011
- TRS MLA Taraka Rama Rao condemns Chandrababu Naidu's remarks - February 12, 2011
- TRS not a 'Cinema Party', says KCR - February 7, 2011
- '12 per cent reservation to Muslims' says KCR - January 31, 2011
- TRS activists tries to block Rachabanda programme in Mahabubnagar - January 27, 2011
- State Government's prestigious Rachabanda Programme runs in rough weather in Telangana - January 24, 2011
- Congress MLA T Jayaprakash Reddy stages dharna on Mumbai National Highway - January 24, 2011
- Chief Minister Kiran Kumar appeals Telanganities to participate in Rachchabanda Programme - January 18, 2011
- Rasta Roko programmes disrupts traffic - January 17, 2011
- Vijaya Santhi arrested for entering into Osmania University campus - January 8, 2011
- Educational Institutions Bandh in Telangana - January 7, 2011
- Reactions on the Sri Krishna Committee Report - January 6, 2011
- Pocharam Srinivas Reddy takes part in TRS' Maha Dharna - January 6, 2011
- Pocharam Srinivas Reddy to fight for self-respect of people in Telangana - January 4, 2011
- TDP MLA Pocharam Srinivas Reddy to join TRS - January 3, 2011
- Supreme Court serves notices to 5 TRS leaders - January 3, 2011
- TRS to stage a public meeting at Gadwal - December 30, 2010
- Chief Minister holds security briefing with senior police officials - December 29, 2010
- TRS expresses solidarity with fasting Congress MP's - December 27, 2010
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