KCR's daughter K Kavitha suspended from BRS; blamed cousins for 'tarnishing father's image'

NEW DELHI: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday suspended party MLC K Kavitha, daughter of party president K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), following her public criticism of senior leaders within the organisation. In a statement posted on social media platform 'X', the party said, “The leadership is taking this matter seriously, as the recent behaviour and ongoing anti-party activities of MLC K Kavitha are damaging the BRS. Party president K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to suspend her from the party with immediate effect.” The move came a day after Kavitha accused her cousins – senior BRS leader and former minister T Harish Rao, and former Rajya Sabha member J Santosh Kumar – of “amassing assets” and having a “tacit understanding” with Congress chief minister A.

Revanth Reddy to tarnish her father’s image.

Her remarks followed the Congress government’s decision to order a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram irrigation project, built during the BRS regime. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kavitha questioned why corruption allegations had emerged against her father. “Some close to KCR have benefited in many ways by misusing his name. KCR’s name is getting defamed today because of their misdeeds.

How can the party move ahead if the same persons are encouraged?” she said. She further alleged that Harish Rao, who was irrigation minister for five years, played a “major role” in the project’s failings, and claimed her father had sidelined him during his second term in power. She also named Santosh Kumar and an industrialist as among those responsible for “the taint on KCR” over the project. Kavitha’s suspension underscores deepening rifts within the BRS, which has been under pressure since losing power in Telangana late last year.