Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Tuesday ridiculed the latest episode in the never-ending soap opera of the BRS, where family feuds now double as party discipline. The suspension of K Kavitha — MLC, daughter of party supremo K Chandrashekar Rao, and accused in the Delhi Excise Policy scam — is just the newest act in this carefully-scripted melodrama.
BJP State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge, N V Subash, said the rift, which began as a family spat, has now spiralled into a full-blown political tamasha. “The moment Congress came back to power under Revanth Reddy, the script changed. Threats of prosecuting KCR and KTR in the phone-tapping case on one side, and Kavitha fanning the flames of discord within her own party on the other — this is no less than a serial fit for prime time,” he quipped.
Kavitha, once jailed and now out on bail in the multi-crore liquor scam, allegedly trained her guns at her father’s own confidantes. The family feud got murkier when she even accused her cousin and former Irrigation Minister, T Harish Rao, of colluding with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and benefiting at KCR’s expense.
“Did Harish Rao not play a major role in defaming KCR?” she asked, conveniently forgetting her own corruption-tainted baggage.
Subash noted the timing was no coincidence. “The suspension drama unfolded just as the Congress government handed over the Kaleshwaram irregularities probe to the CBI. Clearly, BRS is trying to put on a show of ‘discipline’ to fool the public — whether this act is real or just another stage performance will be known soon enough,” he said.
As the BJP spokesperson remarked with irony, “In BRS, family fights, corruption charges, and disciplinary actions all run in parallel. The only suspense is whether the audience — the people of Telangana — are still buying tickets to this stale show.”
