About BRS

Bharat Rashtra Samithi — a party that began as a movement for a state, won it, and then governed it.

1. 2001

   The Telangana Rashtra Samithi is founded on 27 April with a single objective: a separate state of Telangana.

2. 2014

   On 2 June, Telangana becomes India's 29th state. K. Chandrashekar Rao becomes its first Chief Minister.

3. 2018

   The party returns to government for a second term.

4. 2022

   On 5 October the party resolves to rename itself Bharat Rashtra Samithi; the Election Commission approves the change on 8 December.

5. 2023

   The party wins 39 assembly seats and moves to the opposition benches.

The party's election symbol is the car. Its structure runs from the booth committee upwards, in every constituency in Telangana.