The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) on Tuesday (September 2) suspended MLC K Kavitha from the party for anti-party activities.The BRS posted on X, “The party leadership is taking this matter seriously as the recent behavior 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.”Recently, Kavitha accused her cousins and BRS leaders — T Harish Rao and J Santosh Kumar — of “amassing assets and having a tacit understanding” with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to tarnish the image of her father K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Kavitha’s attacks on Harish Rao and Santosh Kumar came after the Congress government decided to order a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project, which was built during the BRS regime.Addressing reporters, she said, “We (BRS cadre) have to think why the taint of corruption came to KCR. Some who are close to KCR have benefited in many ways by making use of 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? Did Harish Rao, who was the irrigation minister for five years, not have a major role in this? That’s why KCR sidelined him (Harish Rao) in the second term (in power). Two, three persons are responsible for the taint on KCR in the whole episode of Kaleshwaram. While Harish Rao is one, former Rajya Sabha member (Santosh Kumar) is another,” she claimed, also naming an industrialist.The MLC claimed that she had tolerated the conspiracies orchestrated by Harish Rao and Santosh against her.”Definitely, I am saying today. Revanth Reddy is behind Harish Rao and Santosh Rao. He (Revanth Reddy) will protect them but target KCR,” Kavitha said.With inputs from PTIFirst Published: Sept 2, 2025 2:43 PM IST
