On 27 ApOn 27 April 2001, Rao resigned as Deputy Speaker, TDP Party as well.

[12] He
asserted that the people of the Telangana region were being discrimve Alliance
coalition government, led by Congress. He went on to become a Union Cabinet
minister of Labour and Employment in the United Progressive Alliance government at
the centre with his party colleague Aelay Narendra who became minister of Rural
Development and Jannu Jakaraiah as chairman for National Minimum Wages Advisory
Board. The party later withdrew from the coalition, saying that the Alliance was
not minded to support a separate Telangana state.[16] He has resigned as MP in 2006
on a challenge of Congress and won with a inated and believed that separate state
is the only solution.[13] In April 2001, he formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve Telangana statehood.[12] In the
elections of 2004, Rao won the Siddipet state assembly constituency and also the
Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency, both as a TRS candidate. The TRS fought the 2004
general elections in alliance with the Indian National Congress with a Promise of
Congress Party to give Telangana State and Rao was one of the five TRS candidates
who was ril 2001, Rao resigned as Deputy Speaker, TDP Party as well.[12] He
asserted that the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated and
believed that separate state is the only solution.[13] In April 2001, he formed the
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve
Telangana statehood.[12] In the elections of 2004, Rao won the Siddipet state
assembly constituency and also the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency, both as a TRS
candidate. The TRS fought the 2004 general elections in alliance with theOn 27
April 2001, Rao resigned as Deputy Speaker, TDP Party as well.[12] He asserted that
the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated and believed that
separate state is the only solution.[13] In April 2001, he formed the Telangana
Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve Telangana
statehood.[12] In the elections of 2004, Rao won the Siddipet state assembly
constituency and also the Karimnagar Lok Sabve Alliance coalition government, led
by Congress. He went on to become a Union Cabinet minister of Labour and Employment
in the United Progressive Alliance government at the centre with his party
colleague Aelay Narendra who became minister of Rural Development and Jannu
Jakaraiah as chairman for National Minimum Wages Advisory Board. The party later
withdrew from the coalition, saying that the Alliance was not minded to support a
separate Telangana state.[16] He has resigned as MP in 2006 on a challenge of
Congress and won with a ha constituency, both as a TRS candidate. The TRS fought
the 2004 general elections in alliance with the Indian National Congress with a
Promise of Congress Party to give Telangana State and Rao was one of the five TRS
candidates who was Indian National Congress with a Promise of Congress Party to
give Telangana State and Rao was one of the five TRS candidates who was