K. Kavitha, daughter of former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, launched a new political party called the Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS) on Saturday. Telangana Jagruthi president Kavitha announced her party's name at an event held on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Kavitha had said that her party would give a voice to the voiceless and provide opportunities to the youth.
Kavitha was suspended from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in September 2025 after she accused her cousins and party leaders, T. Harish Rao and J. Santosh Kumar, of "tarnishing" her father and party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao's image over the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project built during the BRS regime.
Since her suspension, she has been focusing on public issues under the banner of Telangana Jagruthi, a cultural organisation.
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) became the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in 2022 as part of K. Chandrasekhar Rao's grand plan to become a national player.
Taking a swipe at the BRS for allegedly ignoring key issues, Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha on Tuesday said the regional party would not change its ways "even after 1,000 years".
Both the BRS and the ruling Congress organised public meetings on April 20 at a time when many public issues, including a strike by state-run RTC employees, water scarcity, and farmers' problems, need to be addressed. "I understood only one thing. The BRS party would not change even after 1,000 years. There is no mention of the welfare of those who fought for Telangana statehood. The Congress government is deceiving Telangana agitationists. But it was not taken up," she had said.
The BRS, at its public meeting at Jagtial, where it inducted former Congress leader T. Jeevan Reddy into its fold, did not talk about crucial issues, including women's reservation, delimitation, and the welfare of those who fought for Telangana statehood, she said.