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The Honourable
Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao
కల్వకుంట్ల చంద్రశేఖర రావు
1st
Preceded byOffice Established
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
ConstituencyGajwel, Telangana State
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
22 May 2004 – 2006
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Member of Parliament
In office
2009–2014
ConstituencyMahbubnagar, Andhra Pradesh
(now in Telangana)
Member of Parliament
In office
2004–2009
ConstituencyKarimnagar, Andhra Pradesh
(now in Telangana)
Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1999–2001
Minister for Transport, Andhra Pradesh
In office
1996–1999
Minister for Drought & Relief, Andhra Pradesh
In office
1987–1988
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–2004
ConstituencySiddipet, Andhra Pradesh
(now in Telangana)
Personal details
Born (1954-02-17) 17 February 1954 (age 70)
Siddipet, Hyderabad State, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Political partyTelangana Rashtra Samithi
SpouseK. Shobha
ChildrenK. T. Rama Rao
K. Kavitha
Residence(s)Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma materOsmania University

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), popularly known and abbreviated as KCR,[1][2][3] is the first and the current Chief Minister of the Indian state of Telangana. He is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional party in India.[4] He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Telangana) from the Gajwel constituency of Medak District in Telangana. Previously, he served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (Andhra Pradesh) from Siddipet and also as the Member of Parliament from Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak. He took oath as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014.

Early life

Rao was born on 17 February 1954 in Chintamadaka village, Siddipeta Mandal, Medak District of Telangana State. [5] He attained a Masters degree in Literature from Osmania Arts College-Osmania University, Hyderabad.[6]

Political career

Congress Party

KCR started his career with the youth Congress party in Medak district.Under the leadership of Sanjay Gandhi though congress was in a bad position he stood with them. later he joined Telugu Desam Party led by NT.Rama Rao. KCR is known for his fluency in Telugu, Hindi, English and Urdu languages.

Telugu Desam Party

KCR joined the TDP in 1983 and contested against A.Madan Mohan and lost that election. He won four consecutive Assembly elections from Siddipet between 1985 and 1999. From 1987-1988, he worked as Minister of Drought & Relief in N. T. Rama Rao's cabinet. In 1990, he was appointed as TDP convener for Medak, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts. In 1996, he worked as Transport minister in Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet. He also served as the deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from 2000-2001.[7]

Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Further information: Separate Telangana state movement
Rao, the First Chief Minister of Telangana State, at a prime location in the capital Hyderabad.

On 27 April 2001, Rao resigned as Deputy Speaker, TDP MLA and TDP Party as well.[8] He stood for the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated and believed that separate state is the only solution.[9] In April 2001, he formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve Telangana statehood. [8]

In the elections of 2004, Rao won the Siddipet state assembly constituency and also the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency, both as a TRS candidate.The TRS fought the 2004 general elections in alliance with the Indian National Congress and Rao was one of the five TRS candidates who were returned as MPs.[10]

TRS was part of the United Progressive Alliance coalition government, led by Congress. The party later withdrew from the coalition, saying that the Alliance was not minded to support a separate Telangana state.[11] In 2004, he fought the Lok Sabha polls and went on to become a Union Cabinet minister of Labour and Employment in the UPA-1 government at the Centre with Jannu.Jakaraiah as Chairman for National Minimum Wages Advisory Board. He resigned in 2006 With Jannu jakariah.[7] In 2009, Rao fought and won the Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha election. The TRS party fought the general elections as part of the opposition coalition led by TDP. In 2014, KCR was elected as MLA from Gajwel Constituency of Medak Dist of Telangana State with a majority of 19218 and as MP from Medak Constituency with a majority of 397029 on 16-5-2014. In Telangana, the TRS, which led the campaign for a separate State for more than a decade, emerged victorious by winning 11 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats and 63 of the 119 Assembly seats, and emerged as the party with the largest vote share.[12] KCR was sworn in as the first chief minister of the Telangana state at 12.57 pm on 2 June. Rao, a staunch believer in astrology, numerology and Vaastu, is reported to have fixed this time for his inauguration as per the advice of priests to suit his lucky number ‘six’.[13][14][15]

Personal life

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao is married to Shobha and has two children.[6] His son, K. T. Rama Rao, is a legislator from Sircilla, Karimnagar district, Telangana and is the cabinet minister for IT & Panchayat Raj Departments. His daughter, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, is M.P. from Nizamabad, Telangana. His nephew, Harish Rao, is MLA for the Siddipet constituency and is now the cabinet minister for Irrigation, Legislative Affairs and Marketing in the Telangana government. KCR has 9 sisters and 1 elder brother. KCR has good command over languages Telugu, English, Urdu, and Hindi.


Political Statistics

S.No Year Contested Constituency Opponent Votes Majority Result
1 1983 MLA Siddipet Ananthula Madan Mohan (INC) 27889 - 28766 - 887 Lost
2 1985 MLA Siddipet T. Mahender Reddy (INC) 45215 - 29059 16156 Won
3 1989 MLA Siddipet Ananthula Madan Mohan (INC) 53145 - 39329 13816 Won
4 1994 MLA Siddipet Ananthula Madan Mohan (INC) 64645 - 37538 27107 Won
5 1999 MLA Siddipet Mushinam Swamy Charan (INC) 69169 - 41614 27555 Won
6 2001 By Polls MLA Siddipet Mushinam Swamy Charan (TDP) 82632 - 23920 58712 Won
7 2004 MLA Siddipet Jilla Srinivas (TDP) 74287 - 29619 44668 Won
8 2004 MP Karimnagar Chennamaneni Vidyasagara Rao (BJP) 451199 - 320031 131168 Won
9 2006 By Polls MP Karimnagar T. Jeevan Reddy (INC) 378030 - 176448 201582 Won
10 2008 By Polls MP Karimnagar T. Jeevan Reddy (INC) 269452 - 253687 15765 Won
11 2009 MP Mahabubnagar Devarakonda Vittal Rao (INC) 366569 - 346385 20184 Won
12 2014 MLA Gajwel Pratap Reddy Vanteru (TDP) 86694 - 67303 19391 Won
13 2014 MP Medak Devarakonda Vittal Rao (INC) 657492 - 260463 397029 Won

Controversy

  • In September 2014, A three-member committee of the Press Council of India headed by Rajeev Ranjan Nag held an inquiry against Telangana Chief Minister KC Rao.This was after the Chief Minister's alleged comment that if journalists insult Telangana culture or if they fail to salute the Telangana people, then he would

    break the necks and bury underground media persons.[16]

    The committee heard evidence from over a hundred people, most of them journalists.[17] In October 2014, the committee directed the Chief Minister to inculcate restraint and refrain from making provocative remarks against journalists. In its findings, the committee noted:

    The Chief Minister of Telangana did make the statements attributed to him from a public platform that he would break the necks and bury media persons and that they should salute the Telangana people if they wish to live in Telangana.[18]

ESI Scam

K Chandrasekhara Rao was examined by CBI in connection with a SCAM related to alleged irregularities in awarding of the contract for the construction of ESI Hospitals when he was Union Labour Minister.It is suspected that the construction had resulted in loss of crores to the exchequer. [19] [20] [21]

Awards

  • KCR awarded popular choice CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2014[22] on 17-03-2015.
  • He was invited by the Singapore Govt to speak on various platforms.
  • He was again invited to speak in World Economic Forum by China Govt.

Welfare Schemes and Programmes initiated as Chief Minister

1.Mission Kakatiya to fill all the tanks in the state.

2.Water grid to supply pure drinking water to all the houses in state of Telangana.

3.Three acres land to Dalit and that land is registered on Women's name in the family.

4.Kalyan Pathakam/Shaddhi Mubarak for poor SC/ST and Minority girls' marriage amount of Rs.51000/- was issued.

5.Agriculture Loan waived of 1 lakh each to farmers.

6.Started SHE teams of police department to tackle eve teasing.

7.Telangana Aasara pension increased from Rs.200 to Rs.1000.

8.Beedi Karmikula (Tobacco workers) pension increased for Rs.1000/-.

9.Pension for Handicap People to Rs.1500/-.

10.Double bedroom houses for the poor families and the house is registered on Women's name in that family.

11.Increased the salary of RTC employees by 41%

12.Increased the salary of state government employees.

13.Haritha Haram programme started by him to plant tree saplings across Telangana.

14. Thin Rice supplied to all Welfare Hostels, Anganwadi institutions also.

15. Singareni Employees got Telangana Special Bonus and also share in Singareni Profits.

16. Palamooru Lift Irrigation scheme started.

17. Celebrating Bonalu,Bhathukamma as State Festivals.

19. Celebrating P.V Narshimha Rao,Kaloji, Dhasharathi, Komaram Bheem, Chakali Ailamma, Konda Laxman Baapooji, Jayashanakar, Venktaswamy and many others Anniversaries Officially by the Govt of Telangana.

20. Supplying 24 Hours power to Industries and House Holds.

References

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  1. ^ KCR the strong leader in Telangana state
  2. ^ Telangana Jathi Pitha KCR
  3. ^ "'Make in Telangana' should be a global standard: KCR". thehindu.com. The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Telangana CM, K Chandrashekar Rao, a Hindi, but not English speaking CM in south India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Who is KCR?". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b "KCR to enter Congress via Telangana?". IBN Live. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Dy. Speaker resigns, launches new outfit". hindu.com. The Hindu. 28 April 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Telangana finds a new man and moment". Hinduonnet.com. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Politics of separation". Frontline. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Telangana isn't scary". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  12. ^ "TRS wins in Telangana". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  13. ^ "KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  14. ^ "KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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  16. ^ "KCR gag statement: Press Council public hearing on Tuesday". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  17. ^ "KCR remarks: over 100 journalists provide evidence at PCI hearing". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Restrain from making provocative comments: Panel to KCR". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  19. ^ . http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CBI-examines-Telangana-CM-K-Chandrasekhar-Rao-for-2006-order-as-Union-minister/articleshow/49484891.cms. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ^ . http://www.thehindu.com http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-cm-examined-by-cbi-team-in-2006-case/article7785343.ece. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ^ . http://www.newindianexpress.com http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/CBI-Questions-to-KCR-on-UPA-Era-Case-Raise-a-Few-Eyebrows/2015/10/22/article3091895.ece. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ^ KCR awarded as Indian of the year 2014
Preceded by
Position Established
 Chief Minister of Telangana
2 June 2014 – current 		Succeeded by
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