Telangana lawmaker K Kavitha was suspended from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday. The party, led by her father and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao. The action came after she publicly blamed senior BRS leader and cousin T Harish Rao for the federal investigation against KCR. The party cited the behaviour as “anti-party activities.”
The BRS later stated, “The party leadership is taking this matter seriously as the recent behaviour and ongoing anti-party activities of party MLC K Kavitha are damaging the BRS party. Party president K Chandrasekhar Rao has taken a decision to suspend K. Kavitha from the party with immediate effect,”.
The suspension of MLC came just hours after she publicly shamed and levelled sharp accusations against her cousins, former irrigation minister T Harish Rao and former MP J Santosh Rao on Monday. She alleged that the MPs had accumulated a vast wealth from the alleged Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project while pinning the blame to her father.
Kavitha further raised questions on the existence of the BRS party itself as the party president was one of the accused in the case over alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project, which is now under the Central Bureau of Investigation.
She further infuriated the controversy questioning, “When KCR is forced to face a CBI inquiry, does it even matter whether the BRS survives or not?”
The MLC further went on directly pointing at Harish Rao and Santosh for any irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram irrigation project. “It was Harish Rao and Santosh Rao who handled key aspects of the project. They accumulated huge assets blinding KCR. They are the anacondas of corruption,” she went on.
Kavitha was under pressure from within the party after her arrest by the CBI in connection with the Delhi liquor policy scam. The lawmaker had to serve a 6 months period in jail from March 16 to August 24, 2024. After putting a hold on her public ordeal for four months she actively returned to politics by independently championing the cause of OBCs, a move that has irked the party leadership.
