South First has accessed a 6-page letter Kavitha K has written to her father KCR on BRS’ silver jubilee celebrations held on 27 April. With clear demarcation of ‘positive’ and ‘negative feedback’, Kavitha has urged KCR to reach out to party functionaries and organise a plenary session to address concerns and counter BJP and Congress’ messaging.
Published May 22, 2025 | 6:58 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 11, 2025 | 9:18 AM
KT Rama Rao, K Chandrashekar Rao, and K Kavitha.
Synopsis: BRS MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla is showing she isn’t a pushover. As party patriarch drops hints on his son and BRS working President KTR being the heir apparent, MLA Harish Rao may have fallen in line but Kavitha is fighting for her space with a 6-page letter addressed to KCR on recently held silver jubilee celebrations.
Her photos may have been missing from the posters and cutouts of party’s silver jubilee celebrations at Elkathurthy in Hanamkonda district but Kavitha Kalvakuntla has decided she won’t be made invisible.
The Bharat Rashtra Samiti MLC and party patriarch K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter, Kavitha, is keen on showing that she isn’t a pushover, especially after the hints being dropped to make her brother – KT Rama Rao – the heir apparent and next chief of BRS.
South First has accessed a 6-page letter Kavitha K has written to her father KCR on BRS’ silver jubilee celebrations held on 27 April.
With clear demarcation of ‘positive’ and ‘negative feedback’, Kavitha has urged KCR to reach out to party functionaries and organise a plenary session to address concerns and counter BJP and Congress’ messaging.
The letter comes at a time Kavitha has been forced to stay out of the limelight since her release on bail in the Delhi liquor policy case.
Incidentally, it also comes days after buzz over Kavitha and another prominent BRS leader MLA Harish Rao Taneeru’s conspicuous absence in BRS cutouts and posters for the silver jubilee celebrations.
Part of the 6-page letter Kavitha K has written to her father KCR
In a move that seemed deliberate and with an intent of sending across a message, the posters only highlighted BRS patriarch and President KCR and party’s working president KTR.
In a bid to stamp her authority in the party’s scheme of things, Kavitha has written to KCR insisting that he reach out to party cadres.
Listing out negative and positive feedback, Kavitha raised questions over why KCR didn’t attack BJP more forcefully given that she had suffered. She was referring to the alleged witch-hunt by BJP in the Delhi liquor policy case.
Among positive feedback listed by her is the high morale of the cadre, KCR’s mention of Operation Kagar, tributes of Pahalgam victims, warning to the Telangana police.
“A lot of people expected you to strongly emphasise that Telangana means BRS, Telangana means KCR. They also expected you to speak on the changes made to Telangana Thalli statue and the Telangana state anthem. Overall, they expected a bit more punch. However, the leaders and cadre are satisfied with the meeting,” the letter reads.
The points for negative feedback outweighed the positive in her letter. Kavitha raised several issues – from something symbolic, like not speaking in Urdu, to something as concrete as the party not fighting back BJP and Congress’ narrative battle.
Kavitha said the patriarch not talking about the Waqf bill, ignoring the SC sub-categorisation or enhanced BC reservation issues weren’t well received.
Two big red flags pointed out by Kavitha was KCR treading softly on BJP.
“As you spoke about BJP for only two minutes, a lot of people are speculating that there will be an alliance with BJP in the future. Personally also, maybe because I suffered, I felt, you should have spoken more strongly against them,” her letter said.
Kavitha also pointed to how several prominent leaders who were part of the Telangana statehood movement with KCR weren’t given a chance to speak at the silver jubilee celebrations.
Among the negative feedback is also the party not getting its messaging right.
“Congress has lost faith at the grassroots level; the cadre are expressing the view that the BJP might become an alternative. The Congress is strongly spreading the message that the BRS not contesting the MLC elections was meant to help the BJP,” Kavitha said, insisting that KCR listen to opinions of cadres and do away with the system of “selective access” – another dig at the existing structures in the party.
Even as KCR drops hints at KTR being his heir-apparent, sources suggest that Kavitha is in no mood to accept KTR as the sole leader of BRS and may consider charting her own course in the event of having to report to her brother.
“Congratulations on the success of the meeting.
A few things have come to my notice, and I am sharing the same with you.
The Congress is strongly spreading the message that the BRS not contesting the MLC elections was meant to help the BJP.
Everyone expected you to give specific programs or guidelines to address the current political scenario.
At least now, we can hold a plenary or 1-2 days.. hear as many opinions (as possible) from cadres and give them guidance about future programmes. Please think about this seriously.
Sorry for the long letter.
Thank You,
Kavitha
