In 2001 he quit BJP in protest against not granting statehood to Telangana .
In 2001 he launched a party called Telangana Sadhana Samithi ( TSS ) for achieving Telangana state .
In 2001 he quit BJP in protest against not granting statehood to Telangana and launched a party called Telangana Sadhana Samithi ( TSS ) for achieving Telangana state .