HYDERABAD: The rift within the BRS is widening, with MLC K Kavitha, daughter of party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, accusing a “big leader” in the party of orchestrating recent remarks against her by suspended Congress leader Chintapandu Naveen Kumar alias Teenmar Mallanna.
Kavitha referred to G Jagadish Reddy, current Suryapet MLA, former energy minister and a close aide of KCR, as a ‘Lilliput’, and indirectly criticised both him and the party’s working president and her brother KT Rama Rao. Jagadish Reddy later denied her allegations publicly.
Speaking to reporters ahead of her planned 72-hour hunger strike demanding 42 per cent reservations for BCs, Kavitha alleged that no BRS leader condemned Mallanna’s remarks because a top leader from within the party was backing him.
“I have all the evidence and will reveal it at an appropriate time,” she said.
She further claimed that the said leader had planted people inside her office to extract information. “But they must know I’m also getting updates from within their camp,” she added, invoking her belief in karma and hinting at political consequences.
Responding to Jagadish Reddy’s recent “Who is she?” jibe, Kavitha shot back, “The Lilliput leader who wrecked the party in Nalgonda is now questioning me. He’s the only BRS MLA to win from the district and also responsible for our defeat there.”
She also questioned, albeit indirectly, the need for such comments from Jagadish Reddy at a time when the party is already in a state of confusion.
She also took a swipe at another BRS functionary, calling him a ‘chinna pillagadu’ (small boy) who joined politics after Telangana was formed but was now questioning her role in the statehood movement.
She is parroting Revanth’s words, alleges Jagadish
Responding to BRS MLC K Kavitha, Suryapet MLA and former minister G Jagadish Reddy alleged that she was merely repeating the words of BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao’s political enemies.
Reacting to Kavitha’s criticism of his role in the Telangana movement, Jagadish Reddy posted on X: “Naa udyama prasthananiki sambandhinchi Kavitammaku unna jnananiki joharlu…” (My salutations to Kavithamma for her knowledge about my role in the movement).
“I sympathise with her for parroting the same lines used against me by Revanth and Radha Krishna, known critics of KCR,” he said, adding that Kavitha’s remarks offered “nothing new” and echoed a decades-old campaign to malign KCR and dismantle the BRS.
Later in the evening, senior leaders like T Harish Rao and Jagadish Reddy met K Chandrasekhar Rao at his Erravalli farmhouse to discuss recent political developments.