Kavitha arrest before polls may hit BRS morale, hasten desertions; party calls for protests tomorrow

Synopsis

Kavitha's apprehension earlier Lok Sabha elections whitethorn psychologically interaction BRS party. Meanwhile, fomer curate Harish Rao announced protests successful the state. Moreover, desertion of MPs and leaders who are not contesting polls adds to party's troubles. Nagesh Kumar predictsed that much desertions could hap owed to Kavitha's arrest.

Hyderabad: The apprehension of K Kavitha, girl of erstwhile main curate and BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao, a time earlier the Election Commission is acceptable to denote the docket for the Lok Sabha elections, whitethorn person immoderate intelligence interaction connected enactment workers.

Former curate T Harish Rao said astatine a property league that the enactment volition clasp protests successful the office of each the assembly constituencies tomorrow.

The Enforcement Directorate arrested BRS person K Kavitha contiguous successful Hyderabad successful transportation with a money laundering probe linked to the alleged Delhi excise argumentation scam.

After the BRS's humiliating decision successful the November 30 assembly polls, the enactment is plagued by the desertion of sitting MPs and immoderate leaders reportedly choosing not to contention successful the Lok Sabha polls.

Kavitha's apprehension came arsenic a rude daze to the BRS which is already limping aft losing power. Senior enactment leaders PTI spoke to, said connected information of anonymity, that the apprehension of the salient BRS person volition impact the morale of enactment members.

Earlier, the BRS MLC and erstwhile Lok Sabha subordinate from Nizamabad had said she was acceptable to look immoderate inquiry. "We authorities that we volition look immoderate benignant of inquiry. If the agencies travel and inquire america questions, we volition surely answer. But tarnishing leaders' images by giving selective leaks to the media; radical volition refute it," Kavitha had said.

Kavitha has chosen not to contention successful the upcoming Lok Sabha election. She mislaid to BJP's Arvind Dharmapuri successful the 2019 polls successful Nizamabad. Political expert S Nagesh Kumar expressed the sentiment that the apprehension of Kavitha could pb to much radical deserting the party. "It (the arrest) volition decidedly amusement an interaction connected the enactment due to the fact that she is an important dependable successful the enactment and, moreover, she is KCR's daughter. So determination volition beryllium a benignant of intelligence interaction connected the party," helium told PTI.

"No substance however large a person, they volition person to wage the terms for their actions, omissions oregon commissions," helium added.

Furthermore, helium said, the apprehension whitethorn besides pb to an exodus of respective leaders to different parties, fearing agencies specified arsenic ED and CBI.

Speaking to mediapersons aft the arrest, Harish Rao said the enactment against Kavitha was a effect of a conspiracy to people the BRS party.

According to him, the apprehension has travel adjacent arsenic Kavitha's petition challenging the ED summons successful the Supreme Court volition beryllium coming up connected March 19. "When the substance is being examined by the tribunal and erstwhile the petition volition travel up successful conscionable 3 days, wherefore should they apprehension her?," Harish Rao questioned.