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Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), the new name adopted by Telangana’s ruling party Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), will commence its activities in New Delhi from a rented premises. Party sources said a building has been taken on rent near Sardar Patel Marg to facilitate the launch of the party’s activities in the national capital. A permanent building of the party is currently under construction at Vasant Vihar. Since there is still time for the construction to complete, party leaders opted for a rented premises for a temporary office. A general body meeting of the TRS presided over by party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution changing the name of the party to BRS. Rao announced that the general body meeting unanimously resolved to change the name of TRS to BRS to expand its activities nation-wide. The meeting also amended the party Constitution in this regard. On Thursday, the TRS informed the Election Commission of India of its decision to change its name to BRS. A delegation of party leaders led by former MP B. Vinod Kumar met officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in New Delhi and handed over a copy of the resolution adopted at the TRS general body meeting. Last year, Chandrasekhar Rao had laid the foundation stone for the party building at Vasant Vihar. At a ceremony held on September 2, KCR laid the foundation stone in the presence of his cabinet colleagues, MPs, state legislators and several party leaders. TRS claimed to be the first political party from South India to open its office in Delhi. It was announced then that the TRS office coming up on 1,100 square meters of land will be called Telangana Bhavan, like its state headquarters in Hyderabad. It is not ...