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K. Chandrashekar Rao is an Indian politician who is the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana. He is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), a regional party in India. He was born on 17 February 1954 in Siddipet, Telangana.
K. Chandrashekar Rao completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He then went on to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Telugu Literature from the same university.
K. Chandrashekar Rao has been active in politics since the 1980s. He was a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Siddipet from 1985 to 1999. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) from Mahabubnagar from 1999 to 2004.
In 2001, K. Chandrashekar Rao founded the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and became its president. He was elected as the first Chief Minister of Telangana in 2014. He was re-elected in 2018 and is currently serving his second term as Chief Minister.
K. Chandrashekar Rao is married to Shobha Rao and has two sons, K.T. Rama Rao and K.K. Harish Rao. He is 66 years old as of 2021.
| Popular As |
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao |
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| Age |
70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
17 February, 1954 |
| Birthday |
17 February |
| Birthplace |
Chintamadaka, Hyderabad State, (present-day Telangana) India |
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Who Is K. Chandrashekar Rao's Wife?
His wife is K. Shobha
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K. Shobha |
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K. T. Rama Rao (son)
K. Kavitha (daughter) |
K. Chandrashekar Rao Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is K. Chandrashekar Rao worth at the age of 70 years old? K. Chandrashekar Rao’s income source is mostly from being a successful Minister. He is from . We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
The TRS party fought the general elections as part of the opposition coalition led by TDP. In 2014, KCR was elected as MLA from Gajwel Assembly Constituency of Medak Dist of Telangana State with a majority of 19,218 and as MP from Medak with a majority of 397029 on 16 May 2014.
KCR was sworn in as the first chief minister of the Telangana state at 12.57 pm on 2 June 2014. Rao, a staunch believer in astrology, numerology and Vaastu, is reported to have fixed this time for his inauguration as per the advice of priests to suit his lucky number ‘six’. KCR was re-elected 8 times as TRS president
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.
In 2009, Rao fought and won the Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha elections. 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.
TRS was part of the United Progressive Alliance coalition government, led by Congress. He went on to become a Union Cabinet minister of Labour and Employment in the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre with his party colleague Aelay Narendra who became minister of Rural Development and Jannu Jakaraiah as Chairman for National Minimum Wages Advisory Board. The party later withdrew from the coalition, saying that the Alliance was not minded to support a separate Telangana state. 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.
On 27 April 2001, Rao resigned as Deputy Speaker, TDP Party as well. He stood for the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated and believed that separate state is the only solution. In April 2001, he formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve Telangana statehood. In the elections of 2004, Rao won the Siddipet state assembly constituency and also the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency, 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 was returned as MPs.
KCR joined the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) in 1983 and contested against A. Madan Mohan and lost that election. He won four consecutive Assembly elections from Siddipet 1985 and 1999. From 1987–1988, he worked as Minister of Drought & Relief in Chief minister N. T. Rama Rao's cabinet. In 1990, he was appointed as TDP convener for Medak, Nizamabad, and Adilabad districts. In 1996, he worked as Transport minister in Chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet. He also served as the deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from 2000–2001.
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao better known and abbreviated as K.C.R., (born 17 February 1954) is an Indian politician and the first Chief Minister of Telangana, a new state formed by the division of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. He is the leader and Founder of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional party in India. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Telangana) from the Gajwel constituency of Siddipet District in Telangana. Previously, he served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (Andhra Pradesh) from Siddipet and also as the Member of Parliament from Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak. He took oath as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014. He went for early elections in 2018, when his cabinet recommended to dissolve the legislative lower house, Nine months before the completion of his term. He again took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for the second term on 13 December 2018.
Rao was born to Kalvakuntla Raghava Rao and Venkatamma at Chintamadaka village of Siddipet Mandal in Medak District, Telangana, on 17 February 1954. He attained a MA degree in Literature from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
