K. Chandrashekar Rao

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K. Chandrashekar Rao (తెలుగు : కల్వకుంట్ల చంద్రశేఖర రావ్)

Constituency Karimnagar

Born 17 February 1954 (1954-02-17)
Chintamadaka, Andhra Pradesh
Political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Spouse Kalvakuntla Shobha
Children 1 son and 1 daughter
Residence Hyderabad
As of September 16, 2006
Source: [1]

K. Chandrashekar Raoతెలుగు : కల్వకుంట్ల చంద్రశేఖర రావ్ (born 17 February 1954) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Karimnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He was the cabinet minister for Labour and Employment.

He was a member of the Telugu Desam Party until he quit the party and formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for the cause of Telangana as a separate state. He is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. TRS fought the 2004 general elections in alliance with Congress. It was able to win 5 MP seats. TRS was part of the UPA coalition government led by Congress until it had withdrawn its support sighting the reason that UPA was not in a mood to give nod for separate Telangana state. It is believed that the rise in land rates it Andhra is due to KCR separate Telangana state.