 Summary of this article
- Kavitha said she was expelled for questioning corruption within the party.
- Several newly launched political parties have anchored their agenda around anti-corruption.
- Kavitha is seeking to claim the legacy of the Telangana statehood movement by foregrounding a “Telangana-first” agenda.
Recalling a pointed statement once made by her father, Kalvakuntla Kavitha declared, “He had said he would disown even his own children if they were corrupt. Yet, I have been expelled for questioning corruption.” As she launched her new political party, eight months after being ousted from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, the daughter of K. Chandrashekar Rao, former chief minister of Telangana, vowed an uncompromising political battle, saying she would “wage a war for the people of Telangana”, calling it non-negotiable.
Kavitha is the latest entrant in the political arena seeking to claim the anti-corruption plank. It is an irony that she has launched her party at a time when theAam Aadmi Party — which rose to national prominence on an anti-corruption platform — is facing a serious existential crisis, with several of its MPs having switched to the BJP.
Kavitha launches Telangana Rashtra Sena, enters state political fray
BY Outlook News Desk |
