Kavitha files defamation case against BJP leaders

Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLC and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Monday filed a defamation case against the two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders who alleged that she had a hand in the alleged multi-crore liquor policy scam involving Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.

Kavitha also filed a petition seeking an injunction order preventing them from making further allegations against her without any basis.

Kavitha told reporters that the BJP was in power and all the investigation agencies at its disposal.

“Let the Centre order whatever investigation it wants. I shall extend all cooperation to the investigation agencies,” she said.

Stating that the allegations made against her and the TRS were totally baseless, the TRS MLC said it was an unhealthy trend in politics to sling mud at the opponents and weaken them psychologically.

“It is pretty clear that the BJP is rattled by the criticism being made by my father against the BJP and anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. That is why, the BJP is trying to damage the reputation of our family,” she said.

Kavitha said the efforts of the BJP to malign KCR and his family members would become useless and the allegations would remain mere allegations.

Even during the movement for separate Telangana state, there were several allegations against the TRS but they failed to dampen its spirits, she pointed out.

“There was no reply to any of the questions posed by the TRS to the Centre, including the acquittal of 11 accused in the infamous Bilkis Bano gang rape case. In order to divert the attention of the people from such crucial issues, the BJP has made such baseless allegations," Kavitha said.