BRS MLC Ok Kavitha has alleged that in her imprisonment within the Delhi liquor policy-linked cash laundering case, some people throughout the celebration tried to merge BRS with the BJP, a transfer she claims to have firmly rejected.
Inside tensions within the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) deepened on Thursday with MLC Ok Kavitha alleging that some people throughout the celebration tried to merge it with the BJP throughout her incarceration final 12 months. She claimed she rejected the proposal outright when it was dropped at her whereas she was in jail in Delhi in reference to the liquor policy-linked cash laundering case.
With out naming her brother and BRS working president Ok T Rama Rao immediately, Kavitha made a veiled assault, accusing celebration leaders of attempting at hand over the celebration to the BJP as an alternative of resisting the saffron celebration’s alleged makes an attempt to “loot Telangana’s sources.”
“There was a proposal to merge BRS with the BJP once I was in jail. I firmly stated no. BRS is the Sriram Raksha for the folks of Telangana,” she informed reporters throughout an off-the-cuff interplay in Hyderabad. There was no official response from the celebration up to now.
KCR surrounded by ‘devils’, says Kavitha
Kavitha, daughter of former chief minister and BRS chief Ok Chandrasekhar Rao, additionally criticised celebration leaders for not defending her when her identify was allegedly tarnished on social media and in vernacular press.
She stated she had already conveyed to her father that BRS, which embodies the spirit of Telangana and its formation wrestle, ought to by no means be merged with a nationwide celebration. “KCR is sort of a god who’s surrounded by some devils,” she remarked.
The MLC additionally questioned why no protests had been organised when the Kaleshwaram irrigation mission got here below scrutiny and KCR was summoned by the judicial fee led by former Supreme Courtroom decide Justice P C Ghose.
“What are you celebrating overseas?”
Taking a jab at Ok T Rama Rao, who’s at present on a tour of the US and UK, Kavitha requested, “What are you celebrating in the US? I don’t perceive why we’re not celebrating something on the grassroots stage?”
In response to her earlier remarks about KCR being surrounded by “devils,” Rama Rao had final week stated celebration issues must be mentioned internally and never aired publicly.
Says supplied to resign when arrested
Kavitha additionally revealed she had supplied to resign from her MLC submit after her arrest final 12 months, however KCR suggested towards it. She additional alleged that some celebration members had been accountable for her defeat within the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Nizamabad, hinting at long-standing inner sabotage.
The recent allegations and her sharp criticism come amid rising indicators of factionalism throughout the BRS, which has been out of energy since December.
(With inputs from PTI)