Hyderabad: Days after Telangana Chief Minister Ok. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) alleged that his daughter was approached with a proposal to affix the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), Kavitha Kalvakuntla confirmed Friday that ‘buddies of BJP’ reached out to her and even proposed a ‘Shinde mannequin’.
The state BJP, however, claimed Kavitha expressed her want to affix the Congress in a purported cellphone name with newly-elected social gathering president Mallikarjun Kharge.
“On this nation, at this cut-off date, there have been a number of proposals given to me by numerous individuals. I’m a good politician and I need to stay in politics on this nation for a very long time. I don’t need to title anyone. There have been proposals that had been introduced as much as me by buddies of BJP and pleasant organisations of BJP, asking me to affix them and so they proposed a mannequin known as Shinde mannequin,” Kavitha instructed a press convention.
She was referring to Maharashtra politics the place a break up within the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde led to the downfall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities in June, paving the best way for the BJP’s return to energy there.
“I instructed them that individuals of Telangana don’t cheat, we are going to turn into leaders however not via this backdoor. We’ve politely rejected the proposal, however now what is going to they do after that could be a totally different story. We’re seeing a pattern the place opposition leaders are being harassed by ED (Enforcement Directorate),” the Members of Legislative Council (MLC) from Nizamabad added.
Reaffirming her religion in her father, Kavitha stated her “coronary heart is just in a single place, the place my chief is and I’ve one chief on this life and that’s KCR, my life and my political profession is with him and can be with him”.
KCR had, in an inner social gathering assembly Tuesday, instructed leaders of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) that his daughter was approached by the BJP, stated social gathering insiders.
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‘What’ll we get if we purchase KTR or Kavitha?’
Reacting to KCR’s remarks, BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri alleged Thursday that she was upset about being sidelined from the occasion final month throughout which the ruling TRS was renamed Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
The transfer was seen as a part of KCR’s bigger objective to broaden his social gathering past Telangana. Whereas most TRS cadres attended, Kavitha was absent from the occasion.
Alleging that Kavitha was upset over being omitted of the occasion, Dharmapuri claimed she contacted Kharge and expressed her curiosity in becoming a member of the Congress.
“What’s going to we get if we purchase KTR (state minister and TRS working president) or Kavitha? Kavitha had known as Kharge. She was not included within the occasion the place TRS was renamed to BRS, and she or he obtained upset and known as Kharge. A senior Congress office-bearer known as me and knowledgeable me about this, saying she needs to affix Congress.”
Addressing a press conference Thursday, Dharmapuri claimed he instructed the Congress workplace bearer that Kavitha leaked details about her ‘name with Kharge’ to “scare her father” who then pacified her and the 2 went collectively to pay condolences to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.
A day after his feedback, Dharmapuri’s residence in Hyderabad was attacked, allegedly by TRS staff who additionally reportedly protested in entrance of the Nizamabad MP’s home.
‘Arvind is like khichad’
Kavitha issued a pointy rejoinder to Arvind’s claims, denying the allegations. The chief minister’s daughter even stated she would defeat him within the upcoming elections on no matter seat he decides to contest.
“MP Arvind is like khichad (mud). Our garments get soiled if we pelt stones at them. I believe he’s dreaming about me calling Kharge. And he says he obtained this data via somebody from Congress. What does that imply? That Arvind is in contact with Congress, not me. He had helped Congress with cash throughout elections. These are all baseless allegations, making an attempt to misguide individuals,” she stated Friday.
“Keep in mind Arvind, if you happen to make such baseless allegations towards me yet another time, I’m going to slap you with a slipper at Nizamabad chowrastha.”
Condemning the assault on his residence and responding to Kavitha’s problem, the BJP MP accused KTR and Kavitha of displaying higher caste vanity.
“That is simply vanity since they hail from the higher caste. What derogatory feedback did I make? And the way can girls in my home, together with my 70-year-old mom, be attacked? Can’t Kavitha, being a girl, see all of this? And who’s she threatening? She will contest from anyplace in 2024. I’m asking her to come back and contest,” he stated.
Confronted with a rising BJP in Telangana, the TRS had claimed to have foiled a plot by the ruling social gathering within the Centre to ‘poach’ 4 of its MLAs earlier this month. A probe into the matter is underway beneath the supervision of a excessive court docket decide.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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