Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha, who recently resigned from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) led by her father K Chandrasekhar Rao and also gave up her legislative council membership, has dropped strong hints that she may float a new political party.
Speaking to reporters, Kavitha said she was consulting people from all walks of life as well as her supporters to decide her future course of action.
“In a democracy, anyone can float a political party,” she remarked.
When asked whether there was space for her new political outfit, she replied: “In politics, nobody gives anyone space. We have to climb the ladder by pushing others down.”
According to sources close to her, Kavitha is now focusing on the Siddipet assembly constituency, currently represented by her cousin and state minister T Harish Rao, against whom she has leveled serious allegations since her exit from the party.
She reportedly wants to prove that Harish Rao was responsible for creating a rift in her family and tarnishing the party’s image through corruption.
Analysts say this explains why Kavitha chose Chintamadaka village — KCR’s birthplace and part of Siddipet — to launch her Bathukamma campaign on Sunday. She also led a massive reception in Siddipet town on her way to the village.
During her visit, Kavitha openly targeted Harish Rao, warning that she would expose those responsible for separating her from her family, despite her wishing only the best for her parents.
Turning emotional, she recalled how her village stood by her during the most painful year of her life in 2023 and again embraced her this year.
Referring to 2004, when KCR resigned as MLA to move to Parliament and a replacement was appointed, she alleged: “Since then, one man has treated Siddipet and Chintamadaka like his private property. Strict restrictions were imposed, as if this were KGF.”
Kavitha asserted that Chintamadaka, being the birthplace of KCR, could not be restricted by anyone. Her presence at the celebrations was meant to prove that point.
She vowed to demonstrate the strength and pride of her native soil and sought the people’s support in her journey.
“No village belongs to anyone’s jagir. Yet some act as though it does. I will hold them accountable,” she warned.
She further said that political restrictions would not deter her and promised to return to Chintamadaka every time such attempts were made.
While villagers once revered KCR as their “moon,” she lamented that some had since tarnished his image.
“Just for saying this, I was distanced from my family. But when my own family pushed me away, Chintamadaka embraced me,” she said, visibly moved.