On Friday, the chief minister of Telangana, K. Chandrasekhar Rao launched his new party Bharat Rashtra Samithi by signing the Election Commission letter approving the name change of the party at Telangana Bhavan. The chief minister received congratulatory wishes from the chief minister of Karnataka, H.D. Kumaraswamy and the actor and social activist Prakash Raj.
Initially during the launch ceremony, KCR garlanded the statue of Telangana Thalli and later offered special pooja to Goddess Trailokya Mohana Gauri. The CM was blessed by vedic scholars. Rao hoisted the new party’s flag that contains India map, which replaced the Telangana map and the party’s name Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telugu and English.
The party’s car symbol was missing from the flag. The khanduvas worn by the CM and party leaders did not have the car symbol. While the party president signed the papers, minister K.T.Rama Rao was not in the room. Rajya Sabha member J. Santosh Kumar handed over the papers and assisted the chief minister in signing it in the presence of Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy, Assembly Speaker P. Srinivas Reddy, a few ministers, MLAs, MLCs and MPs.
Party workers gathered outside the venue, celebrating with slogan-shouting, beating of drums, dances, bursting fire crackers and distributing sweets. Finally, the chief minister ended his speech by shouting Jai Bharat.