BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao was sworn in as MLA from Gajwel on February 1 in the presence of Telangana speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.

He was unable to take the oath with the rest of the party legislators on December 9 due to recuperation from a total hip replacement surgery following a fall at his farmhouse.

Chandrashekar Rao will also take on the position of the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, having been earlier elected unanimously by BRS MLAs as their Legislature Party leader.