Overview

• Party president K. Chandrashekar Rao ordered Kavitha’s suspension with immediate effect, citing conduct that the BRS said was damaging to the party.
• A day earlier, Kavitha alleged cousins T. Harish Rao and J. Santosh, along with contractor Megha Krishna Reddy, amassed wealth from the Kaleshwaram project and made KCR a scapegoat, even as she defended the project and said KCR would get a clean chit.
• The accusations came after the Telangana government decided to hand the Kaleshwaram irregularities case to the CBI for investigation.
• Kavitha’s supporters rallied outside her Hyderabad residence, while BJP leaders said her claims exposed BRS-era corruption and Congress leaders dismissed the episode as a staged drama.
• The move highlights a widening family and party rift, with reports of KCR consulting K. T. Rama Rao and senior leaders before the decision and some BRS figures alleging Congress stoked the discord.