Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha on Monday accused the BJP government at the Centre of targeting the people who are questioning it.

A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned her in Delhi liquor policy scam, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader said the Central government was misusing various agencies to target the opposition leaders.

She alleged that in a well-planned way, people who question or expose the BJP’s failures were being targeted.

The member of Telangana Legislative Council was addressing extended general body meeting of the Telangana Jagruthi, the cultural arm of TRS, now known as BRS.

“They are using agencies to attack. I am not alone. Whoever speaks, agencies are speaking to them. This is happening across the country. We don’t care,” she said.

Kavitha said through select leaks of false news and manipulation of the media, character assassination was being done.

“Somebody said don’t make women cry. I don’t know about others but Telangana women have fire in their eyes, not tears. There is no question of stepping back,” she said.

Kavitha alleged that the BJP is toppling democratically elected governments in states. Calling this an assault on democracy, she slammed the media for glorifying it.

The BRS leader read headlines of couple of newspapers after Shiv Sena-led government was toppled in Maharashtra. “The newspapers called it masterstroke by BJP,” she said adding that this was in total contrast to the courage displayed by newspapers during the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and recalled that a newspaper left its front page completely blank to lodge its protest.

Kavitha asked the Telangana Jagruthi to gear up for another movement like Telangana to create awareness among people across the country. She said people need to be told that if opposition is targetted by misusing institutions, they will be the ultimate loser. “The opposition might lose for one term but bigger loss will be for the people. If we safeguard democratic systems, the systems will save us. We need to explain this,” she said.

“We need to do across the country today what we did in Telangana yesterday,” she added recalling the role played by the Telangana Jagruthi in creating awareness among people of Telangana on the “injustices meted out to them”.

The BRS leader said that there is need to create awareness among people on various issues as the situation has come to such a pass that people are not even realising that they are losing their rights. She said intellectuals, writers, poets and others who are supposed to raise their voice have become frustrated and they have stopped speaking while many artists who are concerned over the state of affairs in the country have returned their awards.

Recalling the efforts made by the Telangana Jagruthi to unite intellectuals, writers, poets and artists to create awareness among people for the need to fight for statehood to Telangana, she said that there is historic necessity for the organisation to replicate itself across the country.

“Let us make a beginning. Many organisations will join us and this will become a powerful movement,” she said.

Kavitha announced that the executive committee of Telangana Jagruthi will meet soon to chalk out an action plan for the nationwide movement.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will question Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam case here on Sunday.

A team of CBI officials will examine the Member of Legislative Council of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (TRS) at her residence in Banjara Hills at 11 a.m.

Ahead of the questioning, hoardings, installed by her supporters, have come up outside her residence. “Daughter of fighter will never fear. We are with Kavithakka,” reads one of the hoardings.

The CBI had informed Kavitha on December 6 that a team will visit her residence in Hyderabad on December 11 for her examination and recording of her statement in connection with the investigation in the case.

It had asked her to confirm availability on the said date and time. Kavitha sent a reply the same day confirming her availability on the day.

The CBI’s communication had come a day after Kavitha wrote to the agency expressing her inability to meet them on December 6 because of her preoccupied schedule.

She had conveyed to the central agency that she will be able to meet them either on December 11, 12 or December 14, 15 at her residence in Hyderabad.

Kavitha had confirmed on December 2 that she was issued a notice by the CBI under Section 160 of Criminal Procedure Code, seeking her clarification. “I have informed the authorities that I can meet them at my residence in Hyderabad on Dec 6th as per their request,” Kavitha had said in a statement.

However, the next day she wrote a letter to the agency seeking copies of the complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the FIR. In reply, the CBI informed her that a copy of FIR and complaint is available on the website.

Kavitha, in her response on December 5, conveyed to the central agency that she had carefully gone through the content of the FIR, list of accused persons as well as the contents of the complaint but found that her name does not figure in any manner whatsoever.

“As proposed by you I am not in a position to meet on 6th December 2022, because of my preoccupied schedule, I will be able to meet you either on 11th, 12th or 14th, 15thAof this month whichever is convenient to you at my residence in Hyderabad. Same may please be confirmed at the earliest,” she wrote.

Kavitha assured her cooperation in the investigation. “I am a law abiding citizen and will cooperate with the investigation, I will meet you on any of the above said dates to cooperate with the investigation. It is made clear that this is without prejudice to my legal rights available under law,” she added.

The CBI, in its notice, had mentioned that the case was registered on the basis of written complaint received from Praveen Kumar Rai, Director, MHA, against Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia and 14 others regarding the allegations pertaining to excise policy of Delhi for 2021-22.

“During the course of investigation of the subject cited case, certain facts have emerged which you may be acquainted with, hence your examination on such facts is required in the interest of investigation,” reads the CBI notice.

On November 30, Kavitha’s name had surfaced in the remand report filed by the ED in a Delhi court on Wednesday for remand of businessman Amit Arora in Delhi liquor policy scam.

According to the remand report, businessman Vijay Nair, who has already been arrested in the case, received kickbacks of Rs 100 crore on behalf of AAP leaders from a group, called ‘South Group’.

According to the report, the group is controlled by Sarath Reddy, Kavitha and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy.

Sarath Reddy, one of the directors of pharma major Aurobindo Pharma, has already been arrested.

Srinivasulu Reddy is a member of Parliament belonging to Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and TRS MLC K. Kavitha on Friday warned BJP MP D. Arvind that if he continues to make personal comments against her she will slap her with chappal (footwear).

Reacting strongly to certain remarks made by him, Kavitha said Arvind had stooped to a new low.

“What do you think of yourself? If you make baseless comments again, I will slap you with chappal in Nizamabad crossroads,” she warned Arvind, who represents Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency.

The MLC apparently vented her anger over Arvind’s derogatory remark made on Thursday.

On CM KCR’s claim that the BJP is trying to target Kavitha to switch loyalties, Arvind had remarked that CM is “trading his daughter”.

The member of Telangana Legislative Council said she had been acting with restraint for a long time but would not keep quiet now.

She slammed the MP for showing no respect for Chief Minister KCR and for making personal remarks against her. She asked the BJP leader what was his contribution to Telangana.

Kavitha, who had lost to Arvind in Nizamabad in the 2019 elections, said she would defeat him from wherever he contests the election next time.

She also rubbished Arvind’s claim that she approached Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to join Congress party.

The TRS leader claimed that some friends of BJP had approached her with a proposal but she rejected it.

“I am not interested in any other party. My heart is always in the party where my leader is. CM KCR garu is my leader and he will remain one. My life and my entire political career is with him alone,” she said.

When asked if she feared being targeted by central agencies for rejecting the proposal, she said she would face them. “Whatever they do is irrelevant. We will face them. It’s not a big deal.”

Reacting to the allegations by BJP leaders about her involvement in Delhi liquor scam, she said that there is a court order in the case but the BJP leaders have no respect for any institution in the country.

“I did not get any summons. There is nothing on me. The unfortunate thing in this country is that there are unofficial leaks every day,” she said.

“If there is a scam and there is proof. Let the agencies come. We will cooperate,” she added.

Kavitha alleged that the Modi government is using ED, IT and CBI to harass opposition leaders.

“As many as 25,000 cases have been registered against opposition leaders. There is not a single case against BJP. Why is there no ED, IT and CBI case against a single BJP leader,” she asked.

“If you say Jai Modi there will be no ED. It’s like washing powder Nirma. You get cleaned when you join BJP,” she added.

Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the daughter of TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao is credited with bringing popularity to Telangana women folk’s famous “Bathukamma festival” at national and international level.

Kavitha has formed her own organisation “Telangana Jagruthi” during Telangana statehood agitation days and popularised Bathukamma festival. In fact, she used Bathukamma festival as a weapon to intensify Telangana statehood agitation by uniting entire women folk in Telangana.

After the formation of Telangana State in June 2014, Kavitha managed to bring pressure on his father KCR to declare Bathukamma as ‘state’s official festival’ and state government releasing crores of funds to every district to celebrate Bathukamma every year in a grand manner.

Since then, Kavitha is seen in “Bathukamma video songs” specially made by few Telugu TV news channels like T-News, V-6 and Mangli videos.

But the latest Bathukamma video song to be released on the occasion of Bathukamma on October 6 is creating a lot of buzz in political and media circles.

Speculations are rife that Kavitha acted in this song for which the music has been given by internationally renowned music director AR Rehman and directed by national-acclaimed film director Gautham Menon.

With two film industry legends on board and Kavitha on screen, it is expected that this video once released will create a sensation in the music world and social media platforms globally.

Kalvakuntla Kavitha, former Nizamabad Lok Sabha member and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao, comes back into focus after a gap of three months.

After her shocking defeat in Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat in May 2019, Kavitha remained inactive in politics. She was not seen much in TRS party activities or government activities later.

KCR later fielded Kavitha as MLC candidate for Nizamabad local bodies election in March 2020. But due to Covid first wave and lockdown, the election was delayed till October 2020.

Kavitha won as MLC with a big majority on October 12, 2020. At that time, there were speculations that KCR will soon take Kavitha into his cabinet.

However, she did not get any big posts even a year after winning MLC election. This reportedly angered Kavitha and for that reason she again remained inactive from politics.

Kavitha was seen nowhere since June. She last visited Nizamabad and Jagtial districts in June. She was not seen even during Rakhi celebrations in August. She did not tie Rakhi to her brother KTR like she usually does every year and simply wished him on Twitter.

This triggered speculations that Kavitha is angry at KCR and KTR for not giving her prominence in party and government.

Kavitha is visiting Nizamabad and Armoor today (Saturday).

Her sudden tour sparked a debate in TRS that she became active again.

But Kavitha’s followers say this visit is not political but only to console few families of TRS workers, who died recently due to Covid and various reasons.

For some leaders, it is so near yet so far. Kavitha Kalwakuntla is one such leader. She has everything going for her. Her father is the chief minister of the state. Her brother is the working president of the ruling party. She was made an MLC from the safest possible constituency. Yet, a ministry continues to elude her. Nothing practically seems to be going in her favour.

Kavitha desperately tried to become a central minister in Modi 1.0, but that did not happen. Then came the stunning loss in 2019 Lok Sabha election. This pushed her into a stunned isolation. Later, KCR made her an MLC from the local body constituency in Nizamabad. But, even this victory and the comeback could not bring her out from the margins.

She was then made the in-charge of the prestigious coal-belt trade unions and was tasked with winning the union elections. Even as she got into her act, Covid came like a bolt from the blue. All movements were curtailed and the lockdown 1.0 has drawn curtains on union activities. The Batukamma Festival, which became her flagship activity, too could not be held.

Then she began another attempt to garner some publicity by announcing that she would conduct Hanuman Chalisa recitals across the state. The plan was to make famed Hanuman temple at Kondagattu the centre of this activity. She planned to use TRS cadres to organized massive Hanuman chalisa recitals everywhere. This was an attempt to promote soft Hindutva against a resurgent BJP. By 2024, she wanted to do an Arvind Kejriwal and defeat the BJP. Arvind Kejriwal had successfully countered the BJP’s surge with Hanuman Chalisa in Delhi.

Again Corona hit her from nowhere. She tested Corona positive and her whole family went into isolation. Then the massive and unpredictable second wave happened again. The Hanuman Chalisa recital had to be abandoned altogether. She did organize a low key recital the other day. But, the impact wasn’t there.

Even the much-awaited cabinet expansion too is not happening. Now with the Etela episode, KCR may postpone making her the minister, say reliable sources. The wait continues for Kavitha.

Amidst state wide lockdown, MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha saved the life of a pregnant mother Jyothi as she delivered her first child on Monday.

The MLC got her admitted to a private hospital and paid the delivery expenses.

Drawing inspiration from MLC Kavitha’s gesture, Jyothi’s husband, a cab driver has decided to offer free cab rides to pregnant women*

On May 22, while responding to a SOS Twitter request Kavitha took up the case of a young 23-year-old pregnant mother Jyothi. Jyothi was ailing and facing severe complications as she was nearing her delivery. Her husband Raju Naik, a cab driver from Kosgi was also finding it difficult to meet the medical expenditures launched a crowd funding campaign to pay of the delivery expense.

Kavitha who is known for her swift actions and has been actively responding to calls for help in her personal capacity. Upon listening about their problem and their crowd funding campaign within no time she reached out to the family and personally looked into the case of Jyothi. Given her delivery complications, Kavitha moved her to a private hospital and decided to bear all the medical expenses to ensure that both Jyothi and the unborn were safe especially in times when the country is witnessing a second wave of COVID-19.

Today, Jyothi has given birth to a baby boy and has responded well to the surgery. Soon Jyothi and Raju Naik will be back home with their newborn. The family from Kosgi has been overwhelmed by this hearty deed of MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha who individually pursued the matter and provided the best medical care to the woman and their child.

It is not for the first time that the former MP from Nizamabad Kavitha has stood up for humanity and the people. She has been known for her empowering actions that have enabled various sections of society time and again.