Cutting Off Kavitha From BRS Continues, Singareni Union Post Goes To Koppula

Easwar was ‘unanimously elected’ to the post at a meeting of the Sangham’’s executive at Telangana Bhavan, the BRS party headquarters, a brief one line statement from the party said. The party working president and Kavitha’s brother K.T. Rama Rao, who has been Kavitha’s target in the fallout between the siblings, was not present at the meeting.

The fallout from the move removing Kavitha from her post was immediate with several Sangham office bearers, led by its treasurer Venkat, announcing at a press meet in Godavarikhani that they were resigning from their posts in the organisation. The Sangham, which represented a bulk of the Singareni workers when the BRS was in power, is seen as an organization that has considerable influence in the coal belt of Telangana and with the elections to the local bodies expected to be held in the next few months, Tuesday’s move is being viewed within the BRS circles as an attempt to insure itself from any erosion of support in the coal belt areas and cutting down any influence Kavitha may exert in the region.

In Godavarikhani, Venkat and others who quit from their posts made it clear that they will not take Easwar’s ‘illegal’ appointment without any election, and promised to take up an agitation by hitting the ground once Kavitha returns from her trip to the United States of America.

“It was Kavitha who ensured several welfare programmes and even compassionate appointments in Singareni coal mines. She was the one who ensured 19,463 new appointments,” Venkat said.