Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, popularly known as KCR, was on Monday unanimously re-elected as the President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). KCR was elected unopposed to the post for a ninth successive term.
“K. Chandrasekhar Rao was declared elected unopposed as no other nomination was received for the post.” TRS General Secretary M. Sreenivas Reddy, who was the election officer, announced Rao's re-election at the party plenary attended by 6,000 delegates from across the state.
KCR’s election was a mere formality after no other TRS leader filed nomination till Friday, the last day for filing papers. In all, 18 nominations were filed by several TRS leaders, proposing the name of Chandrasekhar Rao as President. Ministers, party MPs, MLAs and other leaders had filed nominations on behalf of KCR. The scrutiny of nomination papers was taken up on Saturday.
The plenary later passed a resolution appreciating KCR on his re-election. He expressed thanks to the leaders for electing him unanimously for another term. KCR highlighted the achievements of the party during the last 20 years and the schemes taken up by the TRS government during the last seven years.
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