Warangal is headquarters of the district. It contributes one seat in state legislature and one in Indian Paliament. The alliance won majority. Y S Rajasekhar Reddy of Congress became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Chandra Sekhar Rao became a Union Minister.

In 2006, as Congress party was against Telangana sentiment, Chandra Sekhar Rao resigned to his ministry and from Membership of the Parliament. The struggle for separate Telangana state, on intellectual front is spearheaded by the professors of Kakatiya and Osmania universities.