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India Gazette
6 hours ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
BJP MP Raghunandan Rao terms Kavitha's dharna a 'media stunt'
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Raghunandan Rao dismissed BRS MLC K Kavitha's call for a 'Maha Dharna' at Indira Park as a political attempt to remain in public view. The protest, scheduled for June 4, comes in response to a notice issued by the PC Ghose Commission to her father and Telangana former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in connection with the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project. Calling the protest unnecessary, Rao said, 'Instead of doing a dharna at Indira Park, whatever the allegations against KCR, you can go and deny it before the commission.' Labelling the protest as mere theatrics, he said, 'Doing dharna is a mere political stunt to gain some relevance in the media, and there is nothing else to it.' Rao said the proper procedure should be followed in the matter and clarified that the Centre cannot independently initiate a probe without the state's consent. 'It is the duty of the state government to write a letter to the CBI, or to the Central government, to take the case. The CBI or the Centre cannot take the issue directly.' Kavitha, who had on May 21 objected to the PC Ghose commission's notice to KCR in connection with the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, has announced the protest as a response to what she termed 'calculated political conspiracy'. In a post on X, Kavitha emphasised that Kaleshwaram was built for the welfare of farmers. 'The notices to KCR Garu over the Kaleshwaram project are part of a calculated political conspiracy to tarnish the image of a true people's leader. Kaleshwaram was built for the welfare of farmers and future generations, not for politics. Today, this inefficient Congress government is undoing the very progress Telangana fought for,' Kavitha wrote. The BRS MLC further highlighted that KCR has devoted his life to Telangana and the transformation of barren lands into fields of prosperity, which is now being targeted by the 'visionless' regime. 'KCR Garu, who has devoted his life to Telangana, transforming barren lands into fields of prosperity, is now being targeted by a visionless regime. No vindictive Government can diminish his legacy. The truth will prevail, and history will remember who stood for the people and who tried to bring them down,' the post read. Justice PC Ghose Commission on May 20 had issued summons to former Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), former Minister Harish Rao, and BJP MP Etela Rajender, who also served as a minister during the BRS regime, in the ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). The Commission, which has been probing financial and procedural lapses in the multi-crore irrigation project, directed the three political leaders to appear for questioning in the first week of June. According to the sources, KCR was asked to appear before the Commission on June 5, followed by Harish Rao on June 6 and Etela Rajender on June 9. (ANI)
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Kavitha urges CM to cancel GHMC monsoon tenders
Hyderabad: BRS MLC and Telangana Jagruthi founder K Kavitha on Sunday wrote an open letter to chief minister A Revanth Reddy, urging the latter to cancel the tenders floated for monsoon emergency teams and instant repair teams in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). She claimed that some officials were trying to favour certain companies in awarding tenders related to emergency works for the monsoon season in Greater Hyderabad. She accused officials in the GHMC engineering department of acting in a manner that discriminates against BC contractors from Telangana. Kavitha said that regulations have been framed in such a way that only vehicles from a foreign company are utilised for these tasks. "The said foreign company has only two showrooms in Hyderabad, and the managers at these showrooms are refusing to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with contractors from Telangana. Even when Telangana-based contractors manage to obtain MoUs from dealers in Karnataka, officials pressure them to submit physical copies within a short deadline," she said. She pointed out that, in the past, separate tenders were issued for each of the 150 wards in the GHMC. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Perdagangkan CFD Emas dengan Broker Tepercaya IC Markets Mendaftar Undo However, tenders are now being consolidated into just nine zones, which, she said, is causing financial losses for local contractors. BRS MLC noted that the vehicles specified under the new regulations are incapable of transporting even one cubic meter of material, whereas previously used vehicles could carry two to three cubic meters. Kavitha stated that these changes, which benefit a single company and two contract agencies, are imposing an additional burden of Rs 5.85 crore annually. She urged the chief minister to cancel these tenders immediately and revert to ward-wise tender invitations, which she said would help 150 local contractors.
New Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
BRS, Jagruthi are KCR's two eyes, says Kavitha
HYDERABAD: BRS MLC and Telangana Jagruthi founder K Kavitha condemned the Commission of Inquiry on Kaleshwaram's notice to former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). Inaugurating a new Jagruthi office near her residence in Banjara Hills on Saturday, she performed a special puja with her husband Anil Kumar and addressed the media, starting with the slogans: 'Jai Telangana, Jai KCR, Jai Jagruthi.' No BRS flags were seen during the inauguration of the office. 'BRS is KCR's one eye and Telangana Jagruthi is the other,' said Kavitha during the inauguration. She warned against attempts to malign him. Announcing a massive protest at Indira Park on June 4, she said engineers and irrigation experts will join to expose the Congress' 'conspiracy' against Telangana. She criticised the Ghose Commission as a 'Congress Commission' and questioned summoning KCR, who implemented schemes like Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bhima and KCR Kits. She argued that summoning him was akin to summoning the people of Telangana. Targeting CM A Revanth Reddy, the BRS MLC accused him of not honouring Telangana martyrs and demanded he participate in the June 2 State Formation Day celebrations. She questioned the naming of the 'Rajiv Yuva Vikasam' scheme and asked why it wasn't named after Telangana figures like Srikanth Chari, Yadi Reddy, or PV Narasimha Rao. Kavitha also demanded action over Andhra's alleged 200 TMC water diversion and criticised Revanth's meeting with the PM without raising BC reservation issues. She called for 42% BC reservation before local body elections. Praising Telangana Jagruthi's role since 2006, Kavitha highlighted achievements like the official celebration of Sevalal Jayanthi and installation of Dr Ambedkar's statue. Meanwhile, Kavitha announced the expansion of Jagruthi across all communities — SC, ST, BC, minorities, Adivasis, Sikhs and Christians — to fight for their rights.
New Indian Express
a day ago
- New Indian Express
SI held for extorting money from murder victim's family
COIMBATORE: Mahalingapuram police arrested one of its sub-inspectors on Saturday, on charges of extorting money from four members of a family involved in the murder of a 24-year-old youth with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The accused SI Navaneethan (27) of Tenkasi had joined duty in 2021. After serving in various districts, he was posted at Mahalingapuram police station in October 2024. "We have arrested him for receiving a total of Rs 1.72 lakh in cash and 18 sovereigns of gold ornaments from the rehabilitation home managing trustee Dr Kavitha, her husband Lakshman, and her two daughters Shreya and Shruthi to not arrest them in connection with the murder of the youth," said sources in Mahalingapuram police station.
Hans India
a day ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Letter of dissent or of discreet assent?
Political and strategic analysts were absorbed by inexplicable curiosity when MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha dispatched a handwritten letter to her father and BRS chief, K Chandrasekhar Rao, the architect of the 13-year separate Telangana movement, its victorious culmination, and triumphantly becoming the state's first Chief Minister. The content of the missive and its mysterious leak to social media was perceived as calculated planning and influenced by pressure groups. The whole drama subtly equates to political delinquency, intellectual immaturity, and lack of professional apprenticeship, as also an unseasoned bid for political space. The 'explicit and implicit messages' in the letter are simply enthralling. Kavitha's exquisite appeal to her 'Dear Daddy' seeking direction, clarity, and about her future in BRS, principally in the 'light of hope against hope' of returning to power is ambiguous. Beneath the emotional and persistent question, 'who should occupy the throne, if and when power returns?' is heedlessly quizzical. While couched in sentiment, it hinted at deeper currents of ambition, uncertainty, and strategic recalibration-a change in the mindset. Whether 'the letter to daddy' was an 'act of dissent or one of discreet assent' remains a million-dollar question. In Indian political history, Indira Gandhi, known for her iron grip over governance, mastered the choreography of party dynamics. For her 'dissent was not always an enemy' but a precisely and carefully honed tool wielded with 'discreet assent.' She engineered historic splits in the Congress Party, not out of helplessness but as a calculated strike to neutralise internal resistance and reassert her indomitable dominance. Her way of turning discord into strategic advantage and emerging not weakened but stronger with every confrontation, remains unparalleled. Perhaps KCR employs a similar strategy. Indira Gandhi's shrewd orchestration of party dynamics was executed through loyalists, who owed their rise to her patronage. That was the era of 'makeshift, tailor-made dissidents' carefully crafted figures deployed with 'just enough freedom to roam freely in a vehicle' yet with the brakes and steering firmly in Madam's grip. No matter how far they ventured, geographically or politically, they consistently ended up parking in her garage--'A dissent by design: Either an assembled dissent or descent on a leash.' She nurtured parallel voices to maintain leverage within the party. Kavitha's assertion that, 'KCR is my leader and will not accept other leadership' was a significant parallel. 'Anguished over the developments in BRS, I had written the letter for its betterment,' Kavitha maintained. The letter, couched in strong tones of introspection, accountability, and future direction, has sent ripples through the BRS--reading like a rebellious call and critique of leadership style and strategic missteps. Scratch beneath, and it evokes something more complex and familiar--a manoeuvre reminiscent of the Indira era's engineered dissent with discreet assent, echoed, perhaps, in today's political choreography. Rightly or not, the letter could well be a calibrated tool to project an 'illusion of democratic introspection' within a tightly controlled party structure. Or maybe not! Out of power is not at all devoid of control on BRS to a spirited KCR. His political acumen, seldom understood even by his self-styled closest associates, often thrives on silence and surprise. Like Indira, KCR has structural and embedded networks, loyalties, and timing. Controlled dissidence is a way to make BRS seem alive with ideas and disagreements, while still being driven from the same garage. Whether Kavitha 'manages to sit firmly in the driving seat' or 'leaves the steering and brakes to her daddy' with static boundaries, is anyone's guess as of now. However, the letter may possibly allow BRS to dilute public frustration. Indian women into the halls of politics, and luck and competence favoured, into governance have, often, strategically navigated journeys. Contemporary political history is dotted with stories of women wielding power, as parliamentarians, and as Chief Ministers, either directly, or through manipulation, proxy, and emotional capital, or otherwise. Factors like family legacy, godfathers, caste arithmetic, money power, charisma, emotional appeals, sheer defiance, developing on their own were reasons behind their entry and political ascent. During the freedom struggle most women entered via ideology, not for power, irrespective of shadows of male leaders or alongside husbands or quite often on their own. Direct manipulative tactics for power were rare. The Nehruvian era and its immediate aftermath saw the symbolic, yet significant inclusion of women in politics. The first woman Chief Minister, a freedom fighter, Sucheta Kripalani, stands as the best example as a torchbearer for future women CMs. Freedom fighter, diplomat, and politician Vijay Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman to have been appointed as president of the UN General Assembly. Hyderabad's very own Sarojini Naidu was the first woman AICC president and the first woman governor after Independence. The real shift began with the emergence of Indira Gandhi, apparently a 'compromise Prime Minister' initially. But 'astonishingly Indira Gandhi showcased the power and instance of a woman' in the 'male chauvinistic political ecosystem' to become a democratic dictator and authoritarian leader. Eventually, women domination in Indian politics, especially during the 1980s and later, from other parts of the country, backed by family dynasties, evolved. In several states, women occupied pivotal political positions as CMs, governors, speakers, diplomats, among other such privileged positions. Some of them rebelled against the parent party leadership and got their due share. Failures are equally significant numbers. But then that is politicking. Some despite not being in top position officially either as Prime Minister or Chief Minister, wielded extensive power. Sonia Gandhi, who was the 'de-facto centre of power', was never its constitutional face. Priyanka Gandhi is emerging on similar lines. Either the 'attempt in vain' of YSR Sharmila, or the attempt of BRS Kavitha, may be seen as battles of equal perception and relevance. The saga of women in politics-the 'dance of democracy' continues with a blend of tradition and rebellion, of backroom calculations and front-stage charisma. 'Manipulations' may vary, but the 'mission to claim power' remains undiminished with 'meteoric ascents and humiliating downfalls.' Kavitha's political entry had a powerful legacy, being daughter of a towering personality, unchallenged leader of the statehood movement and its first Chief Minister. She enjoyed early visibility through cultural diplomacy (like Telangana Jagruthi) and a brief MP stint. Now her letter to daddy has made people believe unequivocally that she 'rebelled and rebelled earnestly.' Her maiden attempt to prove this was the formation of the 'Singareni unit of Telangana Jagruti' and appointing '11 area coordinators', obviously hinting at: 'Well, I Shall not relent and want clarity on my future come what may.' Kavitha further claimed that there was a proposal to merge BRS with the BJP. It all depends now on Kavitha and her committed team that is managing followers, rallies, and campaign infrastructure. 'Family name brings loyalty' but money greases the machinery. Moreover, political expenses are high and rarely are to be made transparent. Kavitha may reclaim space in shifting political sands provided she depends not on name or money but on timing, emotional connect, and clarity of purpose. Better if Kavitha demonstrates these. In politics, lineage can grant entry but not necessarily acceptance. In Telangana, a political realignment is not unthinkable with murmurs of leadership changes in the BRS, INC and BJP--either in one, two or perhaps all. Fathers and godfathers, who propel their kin and protégés into the 'unpredicted stormy ocean of politics'-caution is indispensable please! Political nurturing must go beyond entitlement. It must equip them with skills of listening, learning, and leadership-not a jolly ride on borrowed credibility. The 'surname may open the doors, but only substance will keep them in the race.' Hence, it is true that 'politics shall be treated as an honourable task and not a light-hearted game' as often professed by K Chandrasekhar Rao.
