The rift between Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K T Rama Rao (KTR) and his sister Kalvakuntla Kavitha, who recently resigned from both the party and her MLC seat, appears to be widening further.
After orchestrating her suspension from the party, KTR has now reportedly shifted focus to Telangana Jagruthi, the cultural and social organisation originally founded by Kavitha.
On Thursday, leaders who once worked closely with her in establishing Jagruthi — including Rajeev Sagar, Rajaram Yadav, and Matham Bikshapati — held a press conference in Hyderabad where they strongly criticised her conduct.
Rajeev Sagar accused Kavitha of abandoning them after quitting the BRS and questioned under whose authority she had taken such decisions. He insisted that they were equally instrumental in building Jagruthi.
Sagar went a step further, claiming that Telangana Jagruthi does not belong to Kavitha at all.
According to him, the organisation was created as an affiliate of the BRS, and ultimate authority rests with party president K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR). He pledged loyalty to KCR and declared that they would act only under his direction.
This internal revolt comes just two days after Kavitha announced her resignation from the BRS and her MLC post. It also follows her stinging attacks on senior leaders T Harish Rao and J Santosh Rao.
Party sources indicate that KTR, who has been in continuous discussions with his father KCR at the Erravelli farmhouse for the past five days, is working on a strategy to politically isolate Kavitha.
Reports suggest that asserting control over Jagruthi is emerging as a central part of that plan.
