In a significant political development within the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), party MLC K. Kavitha met her father and party chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) at his residence in Erravalli, Siddipet district, on Wednesday. This is her first public meeting with the former Chief Minister since the leak of her controversial letter, in which she alleged KCR was “surrounded by devils.”
Kavitha’s visit comes just ahead of KCR’s appearance before the P.C. Ghose Commission, which is probing alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project. She reportedly drove to express solidarity with him as he prepared to leave for Hyderabad with senior BRS leaders to face the inquiry.
The meeting marks a critical moment in what has become an escalating intra-party crisis. On her return from the United States on May 23, Kavitha triggered a political storm by accusing a coterie within BRS of sabotaging the party and misleading KCR. “KCR is like a god to me, but there are devils around him,” she had said—remarks that exposed a deepening rift within the party. She also levelled serious allegations that a faction within BRS had explored merging the party with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during her incarceration in the Delhi liquor policy case—a move she claims to have strongly opposed.
Despite the controversy, Kavitha dismissed reports of forming a separate political outfit and reiterated her commitment to the BRS. “KCR is my only leader. I will continue to work under his guidance,” she said, while notably criticizing her brother and BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR), who has long been considered the party’s next-in-line.
Kavitha has also been vocal about what she perceives as the party’s failure to stand by its leadership. She rebuked BRS leaders for not organizing protests against the summons issued to KCR by the Ghose Commission.
Last week, she organized a protest under Telangana Jagruthi, the cultural wing of BRS that she heads, and on Tuesday, she led another demonstration against the TGSRTC’s hike in student bus pass fares, where she was briefly detained by police. As KCR faces legal scrutiny and BRS confronts internal dissent, Kavitha’s open assertions signal a brewing power struggle that could reshape the party’s future trajectory.
