Hyderabad: K Kavitha - suspended from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi by father and ex-Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao - quit this afternoon. "I have no greed for posts. I am resigning from the BRS and submitting my resignation to the (Legislative Council) Speaker," she said.
Ms Kavitha had been suspended Thursday evening; a brief statement cited her "recent behaviour and ongoing anti-party activities" as reason for the disciplinary action.
However, the Telangana MLC told reporters today she had worked hard after being released from jail - she had been arrested in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy scam - and could not understand how any of these could be seen as "anti-party" activities.
"I participated in various programs and worked for reservations for backward class, and in other initiatives against the Congress (which is in power in Telangana) while wearing the BRS flag. I don't understand how these constitute 'anti-party' activities," she said.
She also doubled down on allegations against cousin and senior BRS leader T Harish Rao.
On Monday she accused Mr Rao - the Irrigation Minister when the BRS was in power, back in 2014 - and ex-Rajya Sabha MP J Santosh Kumar for colluding with the current Chief Minister - the Congress' A Revanth Reddy - to accumulate assets and tarnish KCR's image.
Today she said, "Some party members made comments and I responded. I spoke about Harish Rao and Santosh, saying 'golden Telangana' isn't when gold is in their houses. I also spoke to my brother KTR (BRS Working President KT Rama Rao) about people plotting against me..."
