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Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday accepted the resignation of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and urged him to continue in office till the formation of the new government.
Rao's resignation letter was received, and the Governor accepted it, a press communique from Raj Bhavan said.
The Governor requested Rao to continue in office till the formation of the new government, it said.
Rao's son and BRS working president K T Rama Rao earlier said the chief minister had sent his resignation to the Governor following BRS' defeat in the assembly election.
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