Telangana: K Chandrashekar Rao takes oath as Chief Minister for second time

After getting a landslide victory, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) takes oath as Telangana Chief Minister for second time.

KCR’s oath taking ceremony took place at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. According to sources in the TRS, the Governor ESL Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy. KCR has said that he would work towards solving the issues faced by the farmers in the state, after winning the Telangana elections.

Earlier in the day, the TRS chief had send his resignation to the governor to facilitate the formation of the new government and his swearing-in, reports said. Telangana can have a maximum of 18 members in the cabinet.

Hyderabad: #Visuals from Raj Bhavan of the oath ceremony of K Chandrasekhar Rao as the Chief Minister of Telangana pic.twitter.com/P1LHu3jCAd

— ANI (@ANI) December 13, 2018

Hyderabad: K Chandrasekhar Rao after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana pic.twitter.com/KhsKuUVHU9

— ANI (@ANI) December 13, 2018

KCR’s TRS made the victory even in TDP strongholds in the state assembly polls 2018. Meanwhile, the Congress made huge victories in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and won by a thin margin in Madhya Pradesh, it failed to garner support in Telangana, where it formed an alliance with the Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Communist Party of India (CPI).

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