The suspension of Kalvakuntla Kavitha from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi is more than a disciplinary footnote. It is a political earthquake rocking the party. The BRS had been feeling the tremors for quite a while now. It started becoming apparent after the defeat of the BRS in the 2023 elections and became evident after the episode of a leaked letter from the daughter to the father. The quake that shook the party came when Kavitha named and pointed fingers at the top leadership of the BRS, all members of the extended family.

It is now time for political aftershocks. Kavitha's timing in delivering her explosive blow was critical, coming as it does when the Central Bureau of Investigation is set to probe the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project that has been spoken about by the BRS as the jewel in Telangana's crown.

Going by the PC Ghose Commission of Inquiry, it would seem both former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao have some answering to do.

Kavitha has given enough ammunition to political opponents of the BRS.

By naming cousin and former BRS minister Harish Rao, and Santosh Kumar, cousin and former Rajya Sabha MP, as those with KCR who allegedly used his name to amass wealth for themselves, she has ripped off the BRS's official defense -- that the "indictment" in the PC Ghose Committee report is politically motivated.

She alleged that the two had a "tacit understanding" with the new Congress government to "tarnish her........

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