| Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao | |
|---|---|
| KCR | |
| Member of Parliament, Mahbubnagar | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009 |
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| Constituency | Mahbubnagar , Andhra Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1954 Small village chintamadaka, Medak Andhra Pradesh |
| Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Residence | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (Telugu: కల్వకుంట్ల చంద్రశేఖర రావు) (born 17 February 1954), abbreviated KCR, is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He is a Member of Parliament from the Mahaboobnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.[1] He was the cabinet minister for Labour and Employment.
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Rao was born in Medak District. He attained a Masters in Telugu Literature .[2]
He lost once in 1983 assembly elections.He was first elected as MLA in 1985 from Telugu Desam Party.He served as the cabinet minister.He never lost an election since 1985. He was a member of the Telugu Desam Party and served as Deputy Speaker until he resigned from the party due to differences with then Chief minister Chandra Babu Naidu. [3]
He formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for the cause of Telangana as a separate state. 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 TRS was part of the UPA coalition government led by Congress until it had withdrawn its support citing the reason that UPA was not in a mood to give nod for separate Telangana state.[4] In 2009, it fought the general elections part of the opposition coalition.
K. Chandrashekhar Rao is married to Shobha {Daughter of well-known Freedom Fighter J.Keshava Rao, Kodurpaaka} and has two children, a son K. T. Rama Rao, a legislator, and daughter Kavitha.[5] His nephew Harish Rao is Member of Legislative Assembly for the Siddipet constituency.