Who is KCR?

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known as KCR, is the former chief minister of Telangana. He is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), formed in April 2010. KCR was re-elected 8 times as the TRS president.

Currently, Rao is a member of the legislative assembly from the Gajwel constituency of

Siddipet district

in Telangana. He has also served as MLA (Andhra Pradesh) from

Siddipet

and also as an MP from Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak.

In 2014, KCR was sworn in as the first chief minister of the Telangana state after its bifurcation from Andhra Pradesh. His party won 11 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats and 63 of the 119 Assembly seats in the state. KCR-led TRS led the campaign for a separate state for more than a decade.

On September 7, 2018, KCR dissolved the state assembly, eight months before its term ended, paving the way for early elections in Telangana.

KCR has said he would return as chief minister of the state after the elections as the TRS was certain to win 100 seats.