‘Party without morals’: After BRS exit, K Kavitha calls party constitution a ‘joke’; vows to float new political outfit

HYDERABAD: Telangana Jagruthi founder Kalvakuntla Kavitha has said she will form a political party soon and vowed to come back and enter legislative bodies as a "political force". Kavitha, who was suspended from BRS on charges of anti-party activities, later resigned as an MLC, and said she was suspended by the pink party without notice and given an opportunity to give an explanation.She termed BRS constitution a big joke and also asserted that her differences with the party and her family were not over "properties" as claimed by some Congress leaders, but over a "self-respect" issue. BRS failed to live up to the tagline of ‘Neelu Nidhulu Niayamakalu' (water, funds, and recruitments), she said. The Jagruthi leader, who resigned as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) in the first week of Sept last year, was given an opportunity by council chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy to speak in the council before accepting her resignation on Monday. During her speech, Kavitha lambasted her father, former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, and other BRS leaders, and said she was happy after distancing herself from the party. Kavitha became emotional while speaking about her family and BRS, stating that she was jailed (in an alleged liquor scam) due to a grudge against KCR and that the party did not support her. However, when the Congress govt constituted a one-man commission, Justice PC Ghose, and summoned KCR for questioning, no one from BRS spoke, but she was the only one who fought through Jagruthi. ‘Party without morals'The former MP said she was suspended within two hours of mentioning Harish Rao's name during her press briefing on Kaleshwaram. "I could legally challenge my suspension, but I won't challenge a party without morals. I am happy to distance myself from that party. I am very devoted to god. I swear on Lord Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy and my children; my fight is for self-respect," she said. On BRS defeat in the 2023 assembly elections, she said the pink party's failures brought Congress to power. After Telangana's formation, some Andhra-based companies made it to the Forbes billionaire list. "I initially wanted to run an international NGO, not enter politics. BRS (then TRS) invited me and gave me the Nizamabad Lok Sabha ticket. I discussed it with my husband for four months before deciding," she said. Kavitha alleged that corruption occurred during the BRS regime. "Corruption occurred in the construction of Amarajyothi, the secretariat, Ambedkar's statue, and collectorates. The collectorates built in Siddipet and Sircilla were submerged after a single rain," she said.