With a Delhi courtroom acquitting him in a liquor coverage case, former Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) MLC Ok Kavitha now finds himself at one other political crossroads, months earlier than launching a brand new celebration.
“Satyameva Jayate,” Kavitha mentioned instantly after the order, thanking the judiciary for “seeing by way of the online of lies” in what she known as a politically motivated case. “The judiciary has damaged by way of the online of lies,” she mentioned at a press convention in Hyderabad, including: “Who will likely be answerable for the time I misplaced in jail?”
Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister Ok. Chandrashekhar Rao, popularly generally known as KCR, was accused as a key member of the ‘South Group’ that allegedly orchestrated cost of Rs 100 crore to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) in change for liquor license below the abolished Delhi Excise Coverage. She spent simply over 5 months in jail earlier than being granted bail.
“Life-changing” jail work
These near her say her jail time period was a turning level in her life. “The incident was politically motivated to focus on the then CM KCR, however it was Kavitha who went to jail. This appears to have modified her inside,” mentioned a supply.
After her launch, Kavitha primarily targeted on grassroots mobilization by way of her NGO Telangana Jagruti. In April 2025, she wrote a letter to her father that he “ought to have focused the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering extra” throughout his speech on the BRS Silver Jubilee Convention in El-Kasasi. “I say this as a result of I used to be most likely the one who suffered probably the most (below the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering),” she wrote within the letter, which was later “leaked.”
The episode additional deepened the rift inside the household, with Kavitha publicly criticizing her brother KT Rama Rao and cousin T Harish Rao, saying, “KCR is like God however surrounded by demons.” She was issued a present trigger discover for her anti-party statements and subsequently resigned from her place as a number one member of the BRS.
Earlier this month, she introduced plans to launch her personal celebration, which she plans to formally launch in Might. Kavitha additionally mentioned that he would discipline a candidate within the Hyderabad Metropolitan Company (GHMC) elections, however the dates are but to be introduced.
On Friday, Kavitha thanked her mother and father, in-laws and kids for supporting her. “After the courtroom order, I sought my mom’s blessings,” she mentioned, with out naming KCR or KTR.
Sources near her say she has distanced herself from the Kalvakuntla household and desires to take care of that relationship regardless of the “enormous authorized victory”.
Settlement on the cardboard?
Nevertheless, KTR wrote in a conciliatory put up on X that the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP authorities was toppled within the identify of the “so-called liquor rip-off” and that “the political sufferer in that narrative was the BRS” within the 2023 Meeting elections and 2024 Meeting elections.
“Kavitha Gul acquired justice in courtroom right this moment. Equally, all of the circumstances registered towards the leaders of our nation will likely be conclusively uncovered as false, politically motivated and fabricated…” he wrote.
Nevertheless, sources near Kavitha denied the opportunity of reconciliation. “No put up can change what occurred between them. Kavitha ji was the scapegoat all through this episode,” mentioned a supply.
Reacting to KTR’s put up, Kavitha accused him of making an attempt responsible BRS’ election defeat on her and the incident. “Expensive brother, you’re dwelling in denial. Let’s be taught from the folks what’s the actual explanation for BRS’s losses,” she mentioned, including that the celebration didn’t defend her throughout a marketing campaign through which she attacked her on “probably the most despicable” social media. “They’d manipulated my picture and put a liquor bottle on my head as an alternative of a batukamma flower. Nobody from the BRS social media group reacted. KCR and KTR didn’t maintain a press convention to sentence the arrest and produce out the reality. It’s not honest responsible me for BRS’s electoral defeat now,” she mentioned.
Now one of many BRS’s sharpest critics, Kavitha has widened her assaults to incorporate the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering. “She has been rallying towards corruption within the BRS, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Social gathering,” the official mentioned, including that the courtroom order has solely strengthened her resolve.
