Hyderabad: K Kavitha, a senior BRS leader and MLC and the daughter of party founder and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), resigned from both her position on the legislative council and the party's primary membership. She claimed that her cousins T Harish Rao and J Santosh Kumar were planning to undermine and "grab control" from the KCR family.
After being suspended from the BRS, Kavitha has never before addressed the public. She said that some members of the party plotted and disseminated "false propaganda" against her while speaking to reporters at the Telangana Jagruthi Headquarters.
“Despite being active in the BRS Party, I am suspended for fighting for public issues like reservations for BCs. How is that anti-party?” she asked.
Kavitha claimed that Harish Rao was acting against the KCR family's interests and had conspired with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. “They both travelled on the same flight to Delhi recently and conspired against the KCR family,” she said, adding that Harish Rao has “surrendered to Revanth Reddy.” She demanded, “Why is the government targeting only KTR? Why is there no probe into the allegations against Harish Rao?”
She accused Harish Rao of attempting to seize the party from KCR and KTR. “Harish Rao is not a troubleshooter. He is a bubble shooter. He creates trouble within the party and pretends that he is solving the trouble,” she alleged, TNIE reported.
The former MP from Nizamabad further charged that when a "malicious campaign" was started against her, her brother, K T Rama Rao, the working president of the BRS, failed to stand by her side.
She cautioned KTR to "be careful" over Harish Rao's alleged conspiracies. Additionally, Kavitha said that during KCR's tenure as chief minister, former MP J Santosh Kumar abused his power in the CMO's office.
Claiming Santosh Kumar was “involved in looting through sand mining,” she alleged: “Close aides of Santosh Kumar – Pochampally Srinivas Reddy, along with Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL)’s Krishna Reddy – are constructing a huge villa project near Hyderabad with Rs 700 crore. From where did Pochampally Srinivas Reddy get this money?” Kavitha demanded that the state government probe the matter, adding, “KCR and KTR should beware of Harish Rao and Santosh Kumar.”
She also accused Harish Rao and Santosh Kumar of corruption, which she claimed gave the Congress administration "an excuse to announce a CBI probe against the Kaleshwaram irrigation project."
She claimed: "The probe was due to corruption of cousins Harish Rao and Santosh Kumar." Kavitha also claimed her father was under "pressure" from within the party to act against her. “I never aspired for any posts. I am sending a resignation letter to the Legislative Council chairman. I am also sending resignation from the primary membership of BRS to KCR,” she said, speaking in the presence of her supporters.