K Kavitha says ‘BRS chapter is closed’, rules out reconciliation with KCR-led party

Ruling out any possibility of a future reconciliation with the KCR-led BRS, TRS president K Kavitha has said that her association with the former ruling party in Telangana was a thing of the past, adding that now her priority is building a future for her own party.

'BRS chapter is closed'

Kavitha said that BRS was now a closed chapter for her. "Definitely, that chapter is closed. It is said that, in life, we have to turn a page sometimes and close the book sometimes. I have closed the book called BRS. I am going to write a new history with TRS (her own outfit Telangana Rakshana Sena),” she told PTI in response to a question if reconciliation with BRS was possible if her father made an offer.

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Accusing the BRS of failing to deliver on crucial promises when it was in power, Kavitha said that she was going to the people to build a "great Telangana," including achieving social justice.

She said that floating her own party was never part of her original plan, adding that she was compelled to make the move after her exit from the BRS for raising legitimate concerns regarding her cousins and party leaders.

Alleges lack of democracy

Kavitha alleged that she was suspended from the BRS without any show-cause notice being issued to her in violation of principles of internal democracy.

Alleging that parties in Telangana, including BRS, were "heavily focused on national issues", she said her party, Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS), would prioritise regional issues.

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Asked about her charge that BRS abandoned Telangana's aspirations, she criticised the party led by her father for "failing" to recognise most of the "freedom fighters" who fought for statehood, and said not enough was done for the families of those who sacrificed their lives for the cause.

She wished she had fought harder for the cause during the BRS regime.

Once BRS moved away from the core ideology, the umbilical cord between the Telangana people and the party was severed, she said.

Targets Congress and BRS

To a query on the principal rival of her party, Kavitha replied that the Congress is the main opposition as it is in power.

According to her, the BJP and BRS are in "sleep mode", and only her TRS is launching protests on a host of public issues.

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In response to Congress' criticism that she was part of the government when BRS was in power, she admitted that she could have done more on various issues during the previous regime, though one cannot go beyond a limit when part of a party.

However, the Congress, now in power, cannot shift the blame to the party that was previously in power, she said.

Outlines party agenda

Regarding her party's immediate goals, she said TRS has taken up struggles on public issues, including crop procurement and school fees regulation. In the long run, the TRS wants to ensure Telangana's share in Godavari and Krishna waters.

Kavitha, who toured the state-run Singareni Collieries, a major public sector employer in Telangana, demanded that the government company be allocated the coal blocks in the state without the miner having to compete with private players.

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Addressing BRS' objections to the Election Commission granting the acronym TRS (the old name of BRS) to her party, she said she only received the acronym.

While BRS initially dismissed the formation of her party, she sought to know why the former and the ruling Congress were tearing down posters erected by her followers at different places.

"Such cheap attempts would not succeed," she said.

On excise policy case

Asked about the Delhi excise policy case against her, she said the charges were never framed against her.

"The court, while discharging me, had said there is nothing to frame charges in the case." Since the ED and CBI appealed against the lower court's decision, Kavitha said she would like to leave the matter to God and the judiciary.