Tussle between KTR, sister Kavitha over next BRS chief

A cold war of sorts is said to be brewing within the family of Bharat Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao, with his daughter and legislative council member Kalvakuntla Kavitha suspecting a conspiracy by her own brother KT Rama Rao to sideline her in the party, people familiar with the developments in the party said.

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A party functionary close to the family said on condition of anonymity that KTR, who is presently the working president of the BRS, has begun taking control of the party, as KCR has virtually stopped actively involving in the day-to-day activities of the party. "There is a talk within the party that KTR might take over the BRS state president sooner than later, while KCR would be redesignated as BRS national party president, playing a bigger role at the national level in the coming years," he said.

KCR's nephew and former minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday declared that he was ready to work under the leadership of KTR, if KCR makes him the party president. "I have been a loyalist of KCR for the last two decades and I shall accept whatever decision he takes," Rao said.

Another senior BRS leader and former minister V Srinivas Goud said KTR is the natural political heir of KCR. "Every leader and worker in the party knows that. KTR is undoubtedly an able leader who has the acceptability among the party cadre," Goud said, in a debate in a local television channel on Wednesday.