Chandrashekar Rao takes oath as Telangana CM for second term

New Delhi: Chandrashekar Rao took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for a consecutive second term at the Raj Bhavan, on Thursday.

Rao, or KCR as he is popularly known, took the oath exactly at 1:25 pm, which was marked as an auspicious moment by the TRS leader’s astrologers.

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The oath ceremony was administered by Governor ESL Narasimhan.

On Wednesday, Rao was unanimously elected leader of the TRS Legislature Party by the newly-elected MLAs.

The TRS retained power by winning 88 seats in the 119-member Assembly.

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