BRS looks to revert to TRS; may face challenge from Kavitha over old party name

Hyderabad: The family of former Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), may see a fight for the name Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

Days after KCR’s daughter and Telangana Jagruthi President, K Kavitha, hinted that her proposed party may be named TRS, her brother and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao has said that the BRS is contemplating to revert to its old name TRS.

Kavitha, who quit BRS last year after KCR suspended her for anti-party activities, is gearing up to float a new political party. She is reportedly looking at adopting the name TRS, which she says, is open for use.

Stating that TRS doesn’t exist, she remarked that anyone was free to use the name.

KCR had floated TRS in 2001 to revive the movement for statehood to Telangana. In 2022, he changed the name to BRS to expand the party to other parts of the country.