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President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Member of Parliament from Mahaboobnagar constituency
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao frequently abbreviated KCR, is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mahaboobnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is the president 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 TRS was part of the UPA coalition government led by Congress until it had withdrawn its support sighting the reason that UPA was not in a mood to give nod for separate Telangana state.
The government doesn't have any commitment to pending railway projects. New projects in Telangana region are only meant to mesmerize the people of the region. — Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao about the 2010 Indian Railway Budget / February 24, 2010
We are waiting for PM's statement which he is expected to make on his return from Copenhagen. We will see his statement and then give our statement... For us, Telangana state has already been formed but in case they go back on their statement, people of Telangana know how to react. Even military and police will not be able to stop them from achieving their goal, — Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao saying he is waiting for Prime Minister's statement on Telangana state / December 19, 2009
You may not agree with the assessment. You may feel that his condition was not that serious. But we felt that Rao was going to die and we feared that it would have led to a calamity — Pranab Mukherjee on the situation in which the Center has agreed to create a separate Telangana state / December 11, 2009
Shri Chandrasekhar Rao has spoken to me and thanked the House for its concern (over his deteriorating condition on the 11th day of his fast unto death Wednesday to demand a separate Telangana), — P Chidambaram / December 10, 2009
I am thanking all of them on behalf of four crore Telangana people. — Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao thanking Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and LK Advani after the Centre announced that it will implement process for a separate Telangana state / December 09, 2009
Today's move by the Centre is the result of a five-decade-long movement. I thanks students and all other sections who have supported the agitation. — Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao on the Centre announcing that it will implement process for a separate Telangana state. / December 09, 2009
I was in Hyderabad yesterday and the doctors told me that his (Chandrasekhara Rao's) condition was very, very serious and unless he takes medicine or food, the situation will go out of hand. I want to draw the attention of the govenment to this. Why is the government silent? — Venkaiah Naidu raising a question during the zero hour in the Parliament / December 09, 2009
If reports that he was ready to end his protest if I met him are true I am ready to meet him If he is ready to end the fast. — K Rosaiah on reports that K Chandrasekhar Rao will end fast if Rosaiah meets him. / December 03, 2009
I am ready to die but I appeal to students not to hurt themselves. — Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao / November 29, 2009
We acted only when he (KCR) began to cross the line. We have a duty to protect not only his life but also of others. We showed maximum restraint. — K Rosaiah on police foiling the plan of K Chandrasekhar Rao to launch a fast-unto-death / November 29, 2009
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