<p class="title">The ruling TRS in Telangana, which has enrolled 60 lakh members during its recently-concluded membership drive, is now focused on strengthening its party organisation in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS working president K T Rama Rao, who held a meeting with the party's general secretaries on Wednesday, told them to complete the process of constitution of party committees by August 31 and submit a report by September 1, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was told that the constitution of party committees had almost been completed, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He suggested that constituency-level (party) meetings be organised, as a membership drive and constitution of party committees have come to an end.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rama Rao, son of TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, also reviewed the construction of party offices in districts, the sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The construction of party offices is going on at a brisk pace in all the districts, the sources added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS has enrolled about 60 lakh members during its membership drive which began in the last week of June and concluded recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The last date for submission of membership books was August 25, party sources had said earlier.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The party has got over Rs 20 crore through a membership fee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It offers insurance facility to its members.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS had returned to power in the Assembly polls held in December last with a massive majority, winning 88 of the total of 119 seats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the party expected to bag at least 13-14 of the total of 17 seats in Lok Sabha polls, it won nine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The loss of sitting MP and Chief Minister Rao's daughter K Kavitha, in particular, came as a setback to the party.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS, however, put up a spectacular show in the subsequent rural local body polls, winning all Zilla Parishads in the state.</p>
<p class="title">The ruling TRS in Telangana, which has enrolled 60 lakh members during its recently-concluded membership drive, is now focused on strengthening its party organisation in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS working president K T Rama Rao, who held a meeting with the party's general secretaries on Wednesday, told them to complete the process of constitution of party committees by August 31 and submit a report by September 1, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was told that the constitution of party committees had almost been completed, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He suggested that constituency-level (party) meetings be organised, as a membership drive and constitution of party committees have come to an end.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rama Rao, son of TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, also reviewed the construction of party offices in districts, the sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The construction of party offices is going on at a brisk pace in all the districts, the sources added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS has enrolled about 60 lakh members during its membership drive which began in the last week of June and concluded recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The last date for submission of membership books was August 25, party sources had said earlier.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The party has got over Rs 20 crore through a membership fee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It offers insurance facility to its members.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS had returned to power in the Assembly polls held in December last with a massive majority, winning 88 of the total of 119 seats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the party expected to bag at least 13-14 of the total of 17 seats in Lok Sabha polls, it won nine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The loss of sitting MP and Chief Minister Rao's daughter K Kavitha, in particular, came as a setback to the party.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TRS, however, put up a spectacular show in the subsequent rural local body polls, winning all Zilla Parishads in the state.</p>