Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Abbreviation	BRS
President	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Chairperson	K. T. Rama Rao
General Secretary	Joginapally Santosh Kumar
Lok Sabha Leader	Nama Nageswara Rao
Rajya Sabha Leader	K. Keshava Rao
Founder	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Founded	27 April 2001
Split from	Telugu Desam Party
Headquarters	Telangana Bhavan, Bhavani Nagar, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034
Newspaper	Namasthe Telangana, Telangana Today
Student wing	Bharat Rashtra Samithi Vidyarthi (BRSV)
Women's wing	Bharat Rashtra Samithi Mahila (BRSM)
Ideology	Populism; Federalism; Neoliberalism; Historical:; Centrism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Pink
ECI Status	State Party
Alliance	BRS + Left Front; (2022–2023); United Progressive Alliance; (2004–2006); Third Front; (2009); National Democratic Alliance; (2009);
Seats in Lok Sabha	8 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	7 / 245
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly	39 / 119
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council	27 / 40
Number of states and union territories in government	0 / 31
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	https://brsonline.in/; https://www.brs.party
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (transl. Indian National Council; abbr. BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (abbr. TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a single-point agenda of creating a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital. It has been instrumental in carrying forth a sustained agitation for the granting of statehood to Telangana.

In the 2014 Telangana Assembly Election, the party won a majority of seats and formed the first government of the State with K. Chandrashekar Rao as its chief minister. In the 2014 general election the party won 11 seats, making it the eighth largest party in Lok Sabha, the lower house (lok sabha) of the Indian Parliament.

After a landslide victory in 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the party formed the government in the State for the second time. In the 2019 Indian general election, the party's tally had fallen to 9 seats in the Lok Sabha. As of February 2023, the party holds 7 seats in upper house of Rajya Sabha.

The name of the party was changed from Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi on 5 October 2022.

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