Telangana CM KCR Tenders Resignation As Congress Touches Magic Figure

Telangana is on the verge of a power shift, with the Congress party bagged 60 of the 119 seats.

Telangana CM KCR. (File Photo)

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has resigned in the wake of his party's defeat in the assembly election, according to BRS working president K T Rama Rao on Sunday, news agency PTI reported. The results were not what his party had hoped for, but BRS is grateful to the people for allowing it to serve them for two straight terms, he added. The state is on the verge of a power shift, with the Congress party bagged 60 of the 119 seats. Meanwhile, the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS, which has been in power since the state's establishment in 2014, is behind.

Telangana CM Chandrashekar Rao has sent his resignation to Guv: BRS Working President Rama Rao

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 3, 2023

Speaking with media, KT Rama Rao stated: "As part of the democratic process, our chief minister has already sent his resignation to the Governor. I think the due process will follow."

Under KCR's leadership, the BRS will continue to work for the better benefit of Telangana's people, he added.

Congratulating Congress on securing the people's mandate, the BRS leader stated that his party will cooperate fully with the new administration.

He stated that the BRS will serve as a constructive opposition.

In the Telangana elections, K Venkata Ramana Reddy of the BJP beat CM KCR and TPCC chairman Revanth Reddy in the Kamareddy seat. 

In 2018, the BRS (then Telangana Rashtra Samithi) won 88 of the 119 seats and received 47.4% of the vote. The Congress came in second place with only 19 seats. In the 2014 assembly elections in unified Andhra Pradesh, the then-incumbent Congress received 25.20 percent of the vote, while the BRS (then TRS) received 34% in Telangana.