Bharat Rashtra Samithi

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (transl. Indian National Council; abbr. BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi
(abbr. TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the
primary opposition party in the state. 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.[13] It has been instrumental in carrying
forth a sustained agitation for the granting of statehood to Telangana.[14]

In the 2014 Telangana Assembly Election, the party won a majority of seats and formed the first government of the
State with K. Chandrashekar Rao as its chief minister. In the 2014 general election the party won 11 seats, making it
the eighth largest party in Lok Sabha, the lower house (lok sabha) of the Indian Parliament.

After a landslide victory in 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the party formed the government in the
State for the second time.[15] In the 2019 Indian general election, the party's tally had fallen to nine seats in the Lok
Sabha.[16] As of September 2024, the party holds four seats in upper house of Rajya Sabha.[17]

Later on 5 October 2022, the name of the party was changed from Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra
Samithi to foray into the national politics.[18][19] After suffering a decisive defeat in the 2023 Telangana Legislative
Assembly election, the party was restricted to winning only 39 seats in the state of Telangana.[20]

Ideology

Historical flag of Bharat Rashtra

Samithi

On 27 April 2001, Rao resigned as Deputy Speaker of the Telugu Desam Party.[21] He opined that Telangana people
were being categorically discriminated against within the undivided State of Andhra Pradesh. Consequently, Rao
argued that only the creation of a separate State of Telangana would allow for the alleviation of the people's
predicament.[22] Accordingly, KCR founded the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad in
April 2001, with the objective of achieving statehood for Telangana.[21] 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.[23]
Politics Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Abbreviation BRS

President K. Chandrashekar
Logo in use under the party's original
Rao
name

Chairman K. T. Rama Rao

2004 elections
General Secretary Joginapally Santosh
Kumar
In the aftermath of 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
election, the party won 26 state assembly seats and also won five Rajya Sabha Leader K. R. Suresh Reddy

parliament seats. The TRS formed an alliance with Indian National Founder K. Chandrashekar
Congress and joined the United Progressive Alliance. In September Rao

2006, the party withdrew support for the central government on the Founded 27 April 2001; as
grounds of indecision by the government over the delivery of its Telangana Rashtra
Samithi
electoral promise to create Telangana.[24] On 13 September 2006,
5 October 2022;
Rao triggered a by-election in his Lok Sabha constituency of
renamed as Bharat
Karimnagar, claiming provocation from Congress MLA M. Rashtra Samithi
Satyanarayana Rao and citing delay in the formation of Telangana
Split from Telugu Desam Party
state, as promised by Congress in its 2004 manifesto.[25] He won
Headquarters Telangana Bhavan,
the subsequent by-election with a strong majority.[26] All TRS MLAs
Bhavani Nagar,
and MPs resigned their positions in April 2008 when the Central Banjara Hills,
government did not meet their demand for a separate state in its Hyderabad,
Telangana - 500034[1]
latest budget session.[27] The by-election was held on 29 May 2008.
In the 2008 by-elections, TRS retained only seven out of the 16 Newspaper Namasthe Telangana,
Telangana Today[2]
assembly segments and two out of the four Lok Sabha segments
that it resigned, a significant defeat for the party.[28][29] TRS Student wing Bharat Rashtra
Samithi Vidyarthi
president K. Chandrasekhar Rao offered to resign after the by- (BRSV)[3]
election losses, but instead remained in office after other party
Women's wing Bharat Rashtra
leaders rejected the resignation.[29] Samithi Mahila
(BRSM)

Ideology Populism[4]
2009 elections Federalism[5]
Neoliberalism[6]
In 2009, TRS formed an alliance with TDP and joined the Bharatiya
Political position Centre[7] to centre-
Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.[30] The party
right[6]
contested 45 assembly and nine parliament seats to win only ten
Colours Pink
assembly and two parliament seats. This was considered another ECI Status State Party[8]
major defeat.
Alliance UPA
[9]
(2004–2006)

Third Front + Maha

2014 elections Kutami
[10]
(2009)
In the 2014 Assembly and National Elections, TRS did not align with
BRS + LF
[11][12]
NDA or UPA and fought the elections on its own. TRS, which led the (2022–2023)

campaign for a separate State for more than a decade, emerged

Seats in Lok Sabha 0 / 543
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 Seats in Rajya Sabha 3 / 245
share in Telangana. The TRS' campaign had no other stars except
KCR who addressed over 300 public meetings, heli-hopping around Seats in Telangana 28 / 119
and often addressing more than 10 meetings in a single day. The Legislative Assembly

TRS not only retained its north Telangana stronghold but also made Seats in Telangana 21 / 40
inroads in south Telangana, a Congress bastion.[31] Legislative Council

Number of states 0 / 31
It was only after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, and the creation and union territories
of separate Telangana state that the party begun to deliver electoral in government

success. TRS won 63 out of 110 seats it contested in the 2014 Party flag
Assembly elections in the newly formed state, and went on to form
the government.[32] K. Chandrashekar Rao, had taken oath as the
first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014.

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

Website
The TRS Government headed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar
https://brsonline.in/
Rao on 6 September 2018 dissolved the Legislative Assembly, the
first after the formation of Telangana, to pave the way for early Politics of India · Political parties · Elections

elections in the state.[33] The party announced a list of 104

candidates for elections on the same day.[34]

In the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, held three months after the house dissolution, the TRS party
won with a massive majority. They won 88 seats, more than 70% of the 119 total.[32]

2019 Indian general election

In May 2019, TRS Chief Rao flouted the idea of Federal Front, aiming for a non-Congress and non-BJP government at
the centre.[35] The party won nine out of the contested 17 seats, a reduction of two seats from the 2014 election.[36]
2022-present: Name change, electoral setbacks

Bharat Rashtra Samithi

The name of the party was changed from Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi on 5 October 2022 to
foray into national politics ahead of the 2024 Indian general election.[18][19] On 6 October 2022, officials from BRS
submitted the relevant documents required for name change according to the Representation of the People Act, 1951
to the Election Commission of India in New Delhi.[37] As of October 2022, the party activities are taking place from a
rented building at Sardar Patel Marg in Delhi. On 14 November the party office was inaugurated at New Delhi.[38][39]

Andhra Pradesh unit

The party created its local unit in the residual Andhra Pradesh state on 2 January 2023. Dr. Thota Chandrasekhar,
former general secretary of the Jana Sena Party, was named its president. Other leaders from Andhra Pradesh who
joined the party on the on its state unit's formation include former minister Ravela Kishore Babu, former IRS official
Partha Sarathi, and former Praja Rajyam Party leader T. J. Prakash.[40][41]

The state unit suffered a setback in April 2023 when the Election Commission of India derecognised the BRS as a
state party in Andhra Pradesh. The party had been enjoying state party status in Undivided Andhra Pradesh since
2004, and then in the states of residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana since 2014.[42]

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

At the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the party lost their majority, with their vote share falling by
10.52% to 37.35% and their seat count falling from 88 to 39. They retained their seats in the Greater Hyderabad region,
but lost most of their seats in the rest of the state to Congress, who won 64 seats and formed the next government.

2024 Indian general election

The party suffered a further setback at the 2024 Indian General Election. Despite their previous national ambitions, the
party only contested in Telangana. However, they were wiped out, losing all 9 of their seats in the state. The party's
vote share was over cut in half from 41.71% to 16.68%.

Legislative leaders

List of chief ministers

Chief Minister of Telangana

Term in office
Name
No. Portrait Assumed Time in Assembly Constituency Ministry
(Birth–Death) Left office
office office

12 December
2 June 2014 1st Rao I
K. Chandrashekar 2018
9 years,
1 Rao Gajwel
188 days
(b. 1954) 13 December 6 December
2nd Rao II
2018 2023
Deputy Chief Ministers of Telangana

S.No. Name Portrait Took office Left office Term Chief Minister

1 M. Mahmood Ali 2 June 2014[43] 12 December 2018 4 years, 193 days

2 T. Rajaiah 2 June 2014 25 January 2015[44] 237 days

K. Chandrashekar Rao

3 Kadiyam Srihari 25 January 2015[45] 12 December 2018 3 years, 321 days

List of Union Ministers

Term in Office
Constituency Prime
No. Image Minister Portfolio Assumed Time in
Left Office (House) Minister
Office Office

Minister of Shipping 23 May 2004 25 May 2004 2 days

K. Chandrashekhar Minister without 27 November

25 May 2004 186 days Karimnagar
1 Rao Portfolio 2004
(Lok Sabha)
(1954–) Manmohan
Minister of Labour 27 November 24 August 1 year,
Singh
and Employment 2004 2006 270 days
(Manmohan I)

Minister of Rural
Ale Narendra 24 August 2 years, Medak
2 Development 23 May 2004
(1946–2014) 2006 93 days (Lok Sabha)
(Minister of State)

Leadership

List of presidents

Term
S.No. Portrait Name Duration Ref.
(tenure length)

1 K. Chandrashekar Rao 27 April 2001 – Incumbent 23 years, 10 months and 5 days

List of working presidents

Term
S.No. Portrait Name Duration Ref.
(tenure length)

[46]
1 K. T. Rama Rao 15 December 2018 – Incumbent 6 years, 2 months and 17 days

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

Vote share in consecutive Lok Sabha

elections

2004 0.63%

2009 0.61%

2014 1.22%

2019 1.25%

2024 0.57%

Change
Party Seats Percentage Vote Popular
Year Legislature Seats won in Outcome Ref.
leader contested of votes swing vote
seats

14th Lok 5 / 545 [47]

2004 22 5 0.63% new 2,441,405 Government
Sabha

15th Lok 2 / 543 [48]

2009 9 3 0.62% 0.01% 2,582,326 Others
Sabha
K.
16th Lok 11 / 543 [48]
2014 Chandrashekar 17 9 1.22% 0.6% 6,736,270 Others
Sabha
Rao
17th Lok 9 / 543 [36]
2019 17 2 1.25% 0.03% 7,696,848 Others
Sabha

18th Lok 0 / 543 [36]

2024 17 9 0.57% 0.68% 3,657,237 Lost
Sabha
State Legislative Assembly elections

Election Year Overall votes % of overall votes Seats contested Seats won +/- in seats +/- in vote share Outcome Ref

United Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

26 / 294 [49]
2004 2,390,940 6.68% 54 26 new Government

10 / 294 [50]
2009 1,678,906 3.99% 45 16 2.69% Opposition

63 / 294
2014 6,620,326 13.68% 119 53 - Government [a] [51]

Telangana Legislative Assembly

88 / 119 [32]
2018 9,700,479 46.9% 119 25 - Government

39 / 119 [52]
2023 8,753,924 37.35% 119 49 9.55% Opposition

See also

Jaya Jaya He Telangana

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Telangana Jagarana Sena

List of political parties in India

Notes

a. Outcome-Government is restricted to Telangana

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