: KCR: First Man of Telangana politics, BJPs national challenger #IndiaNEWS #News Hyderabad: The aspirations for a separate Telangana state in the region date back to the days of the erstwhile Nizams

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KCR: First Man of Telangana politics, BJPs national challenger #IndiaNEWS #News
Hyderabad: The aspirations for a separate Telangana state in the region date back to the days of the erstwhile Nizams dominions merger into independent India and becoming a part of the Telugu-speaking state of Andhra Pradesh. The many agitations ended up in failure until K Chandrashekar Rao, popular as KCR, entered the scene with his Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in 2001.
Apart from leading the Telangana statehood agitation to its logical conclusion in 2014, KCR also led his party to electoral victory to become the first chief minister of the fledgeling state. Ever since theres been no looking back for KCR as he went on to return to power with a thumping majority in the 2018 Assembly elections.
Aiming for a third victory at the hustings in 2023, he now stands poised to announce his foray into national politics by offering a non-BJP and non-Congress alternative to the nation.
A single-minded pursuit of his objectives has characterised KCRs path to political success over the years. Neither does he hesitate to take a detour or change political allies if the decision serves the cause of Telangana as he explained on several occasions.
Starting his political career with the Congress, KCR joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founded by NT Rama Rao. In April 2001, KCR exited the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP which was at the helm in Andhra Pradesh.
The exit ostensibly came after the TDP supremo put KCR on the back burner. KCR announced the formation of the TRS with the single-point agenda of achieving Telangana state and protecting the interests of its exploited people. Despite facing ridicule from several quarters, KCR went about his campaign.
The first big break came when KCR tied up with the YS Rajasekhar Reddy-led Congress party for the 2004 general elections. Apart from helping the Congress storm back to power in Andhra Pradesh after ten years, the alliance helped the UPA unseat the NDA at the Centre. With a tally of five Lok Sabha seats and 26 Assembly seats, these elections helped the TRS shatter the perception of being a marginal player in state politics. KCR was accommodated in the Manmohan Singh cabinet at the Centre.
However, he was frustrated by the Congress partys apparent disinterest in statehood for Telangana. This period also saw the Congress under chief minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy needle KCR by wooing TRS legislators and leaders. The TRS quit the Congress-led government in Andhra Pradesh in 2006. KCR resigned from the cabinet and the Lok Sabha. He returned to Parliament with a massive majority to prove his point and renewed his efforts to drum up support for Telangana statehood.
In 2009, KCR joined hands with his former boss Chandrababu Naidu and a few other parties, to form the mahakutami or non-UPA, non-NDA grand alliance.

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