HYDERABAD, Jan 5: Senior leader K Kavitha on Monday resigned from the Telangana Legislative Council and formally severed ties with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), triggering a major political churn in Telangana and signalling the possible emergence of a new regional political force ahead of the next Assembly elections.
Kavitha serving as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) from Nizamabad since 2020, was suspended from BRS on September 2, 2025 for ‘anti-party activities’.
Signalling her next political move, the 47-year-old Kavitha, the daughter of BRS President and former CM K.Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) announced that Telangana Jagruthi would enter active politics, with a focus on women, youth, students, and the unemployed.
Stressing the severe under-representation of women in Telangana politics, she said empowering women would be central to her political agenda.
“I am not quitting politics; I am beginning anew,” Kavitha said, asserting that she would return as a strong political force committed to Telangana’s self-respect and constitutional values.
Her exit marks the most serious internal break within BRS since its electoral setback and is expected to reshape opposition politics in the state in the run-up to future elections.
Delivering an emotional farewell address in the Council, Kavitha, the sister of BRS Worker president K T Rama Rao (KTR), accused the BRS leadership of abandoning constitutional values, internal democracy, and the core ideals of the Telangana movement. Declaring she was “happy to part ways with an unethical party,” she said her marginalisation within BRS was the result of repeatedly questioning corruption, governance failures, and policy reversals.
Kavitha, the Telangana Jagruthi President, who joined the Telangana movement in 2006 inspired by K Chandrashekar Rao and Prof Jayashankar, said she never aspired for electoral politics but accepted the Nizamabad Lok Sabha ticket in the interest of the movement.
Despite contributing to post-bifurcation development issues, including infrastructure and employment-related concerns, the BRS former MLC said her freedom of expression was curtailed within the party.
Her sharpest criticism was reserved for what she termed the dilution of the Telangana promise of “Water, Funds and Appointments,” expansion of the contract system despite earlier opposition, removal of Dharna Chowk, arrests of farmers, and alleged corruption in major public projects.
Kavitha said repeated representations on these issues were ignored, while activists of the Telangana movement were sidelined.
In a politically significant move, Kavitha opposed the decision to rename TRS as BRS, arguing that the party shifted focus towards national ambitions while neglecting Telangana’s interests. Her remarks underline growing internal discontent that had remained largely muted within the party until now.
Kavitha also launched a fresh attack on the BJP, accusing it of repeatedly betraying Telangana by denying national project status, failing to honour bifurcation assurances, blocking ITIIR, and diverting investments to other states.
Referring to ED and CBI cases against her, she said she faced political vendetta alone for three years without institutional backing.
*UNI)
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