Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS) chief K Kavitha broke down in tears at a public meeting in Nizamabad district on Monday as she recalled her arrest and political isolation while launching a blistering attack on former minister and BRS leader Vemula Prashanth Reddy and taking fresh aim at her estranged family and former BRS colleagues.
She also alleged that some BRS MLAs worked to politically sideline her. “Do not think of me as weak or cowardly. “I did no wrong. Her recent remarks have also widened the political rift with her brother and BRS working president K T Rama Rao and cousin and BRS senior leader T Harish Rao. She has separately accused Harish Rao of leading efforts to facilitate a BRS-BJP merger, an allegation he has not accepted.
Addressing the Panchajanya Sankalpa Sabha, Kavitha alleged that Prashanth Reddy played a ” Shakuni “-like role in creating differences within her family and driving a wedge between her and her father, former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao. “I was taken away to Delhi, where neither our language nor our people belong, and despite doing no wrong, I was thrown into Tihar Jail,” Kavitha said, referring to her arrest in the Delhi excise policy case. It is pain, it is anguish,” she said, adding that she remained steadfast despite Enforcement Directorate (ED) and CBI cases. I am an honest child of Nizamabad, like pure fire,” she said. On Raksha Bandhan, Kavitha said she was hurt that KTR was unavailable, noting that he had travelled abroad. “We have self-respect too,” she said.
