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K. Chandrasekhar Rao said the party would pick up Maharashtra as the first field of activity by launching the farmers' wing of the party from there. Rao stated this during his speech at the general body meeting of the TRS, which unanimously passed a resolution to change the party's name to the BRS.

Sources in the party said that the chief minister and TRS supremo K. Chandrasekhar Rao will announce his much anticipated national party at 1.19 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5, coinciding with the auspicious Vijaya Dasami festival. The chief minister has opted to rename the TRS to enable smooth transition into a national party.

Sharmila, who is on a Telangana padayatra, also made the sensational claim that plans are afoot to kill her also. Rajasekhar Reddy had lost his life in a helicopter accident in December 2009, a few months after leading the Congress to its second consecutive victory in the Assembly polls. Addressing media in Mahbubnagar, Sharmila said:" Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's death is the result of a conspiracy and attempts are being made to kill me too. But KCR, Telangana Chief Minister, should remember that I'm YSR's daughter and fearless."

With Telangana government celebrating September 17 as Telangana National Unity Day, the Chief Minister skipped the event organised by Government of India, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah hoisted the national flag and reviewed a colourful parade by the Central paramilitary forces. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Karnataka's Transport Minister B. Sriramulu attended the event which saw performances by 1,200 artists from the three states.

A leader of Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti (BGUS) was addressing the gathering when a local TRS leader stepped on to the stage and confronted Sarma, taking objection to the remarks he made earlier about Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, popularly known as KCR.

On completion of three years in office, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundrarajan alleged that the state government was discriminating against a woman governor by not following the protocol. She said she was even denied the opportunity to unfurl the national flag on the Republic Day or deliver her speech.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters on Saturday that she did not cross limits of parliamentary conduct while questioning Kamareddy district Collector about the share of the Centre and the state in supply of ration through public distribution system.

The posters put up on cooking gas cylinders carried Modi's photographs along with price of each cylinder Rs 1,105. The TRS took the jibe at the Prime Minister over the massive hike in the price of cooking gas during the last eight years. The TRS leaders pointed out that the price of LPG was only Rs 410 in 2014 when Modi became the Prime Minister.

Telangana CM K. Chandrashekher Rao's arrival is also an achievement for chief minister Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav who are making all-out efforts to bring all opposition leaders under one umbrella to take on the BJP. He is also schedelued to participate in a programme along with the two Bihar leaders.

The deliberations the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao had with farmer leaders at his official residence Pragati Bhavan indicate that he has finally taken the initiative to unite the farmer organisations from across the country to work on the alternate national agenda.