Kavitha Reiterates Allegations Against Harish Rao

Hyderabad: Former BRS leader K. Kavitha who has been in a running battle with her cousin and former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao, on Saturday doubled down on her charges that he was responsible for various omissions and commissions in the Kaleshwaram project and that she had alerted her father and the then chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao as far back as in 2016 on what Harish Rao was doing.

Addressing a press conference at Telangana Jagruti office, Kavitha said the attacks on her from the ecosystem supporting Harish Rao, former MP J. Santosh Kumar was unrelenting but that will not deter her from speaking the truth. She, however, added that she has “nothing personal against Harish Rao, my grouse is that he misled KCR,” and this finally resulted in her father getting the blame for all problems and issues related to the Kaleshwaram project.

Kavitha also charged the Congress government of inaction in the face of Karnataka deciding to raise the height of Almatti dam’s height and questioned Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s silence on the issue.

On her resignation as an MLC, Kavitha said it was still to be approved by the Legislative Council chairman for reasons that she was not aware of. “I followed the due procedure, and also called the Chairman on phone urging him to accept my resignation. I do not know why it is still pending and if need be, I will submit a fresh resignation letter,” she said.