Telangana Assembly dissolved eight months before the expiry of its term

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, or KCR, on Thursday dissolved the state Assembly, eight months before his government completed its five-year term. 

The council of ministers held a brief meeting in the afternoon at the CM’s official residence and approved the decision. After the meeting KCR went to the Raj Bhavan to inform Governor E S L Narasimhan of his government’s decision.

KCR and his ministers will remain in office for the time being. He had formed the first government of the state, after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, on June 2, 2014. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) had