Eye on 2024, KCR launches Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) supremo K Chandrashekar Rao launched a national political party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, at 1:19 pm on Wednesday at the party headquarters Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is now BRS, Rao declared.

The big launch also starred guests like former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and DMK ally Thol Thirumavalavan.

Telangana Rashtra Samiti is now Bharat Rashtra Samithi

TRS general body meeting resolved to this effect and party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao read out the resolution saying it will take up activities across the country.#BRSParty #KCR pic.twitter.com/t601YsxObe

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) October 5, 2022

Hyderabad | TRS leader and Telangana CM KC Rao all set to launch national party today pic.twitter.com/zgqVA9rAhS

— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2022

Before launch, KCR met with a series of political leaders including his counterparts in other states – Mamata Banerjee (Bengal), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi), MK Stalin (Tamil Nadu), Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala), and Naveen Patnaik (Odisha).

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