Telengana: KCR to take oath as Chief Minister tomorrow

After getting a landslide win, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) is all set to take oath as the state’s Chief Minister for a second consecutive term tomorrow.

KCR will take his oath at a ceremony which be held at 1:30 pm at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. Sources in the TRS said that Governor ESL Narasimhan will administer him the oath of office and secrecy. TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao has said that he would work towards solving the issues faced by the farmers in the state, after winning the Telengana elections.

Apparently, some TRS legislators are also likely to take oath as Ministers along with KCR.

Later today, the newly-elected legislators of the TRS will meet at the Telangana Bhavan, the TRS headquarters in Hyderabad, to elect KCR as their leader.

Notably, the TRS bagged 88 seats in the 119-member Assembly in Telangana in the elections held on December 7.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted defeat in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Rahul Gandhi- Congress party chief has thanked its party workers in all the five states and specially in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

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