K Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana

DN Bureau

K Chandrasekhar Rao took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana on thurday at Raj Bhavan.

K Chandrasekhar Rao taking oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana
K Chandrasekhar Rao taking oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana


Hyderabad:  TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who led his party to a massive victory in the December 7 assembly elections, was sworn-in Thursday as the chief minister of Telangana for a second straight term

KCR, as Rao is popularly known, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor E S L Narasimhan at a simple ceremony on the lawns of Raj Bhavan here

Along with Rao, party MLC Mohammed Mehmood Ali, who was deputy chief minister in the previous TRS government, took oath as a minister

Rao was unanimously elected leader of the TRS Legislature Party by the newly-elected MLAs Wednesday

In the December 7 elections, the TRS won 88 seats in the 119-member assembly, trouncing the Congress-led 'Praja Kutami', which ended up with a tally of 21

The BJP won just one seat in the state.(PTI)










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