Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao changes party name to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)

A resolution to this effect was passed at the party's general body meeting in Hyderabad at the recommended ‘auspicious time’ of 1.19 pm in the midst of party leaders, functionaries as well as some allies such as former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy of JD(S) and DMK ally VCK MP Thol Thirumavalavan.