Sisterhood-brotherhood takes a back seat in TS and AP as family feuds take centre-stage
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Hyderabad: Raksha Bandhan
brought to the fore deepening conflicts in two political families in Telangana
and Andhra Pradesh, while other politicians celebrated the festival with gusto.
The sacred Raksha Bandhan
festivities of late are getting a political touch with many making a beeline to
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and other political leaders in ruling and
opposition parties.
Kalvakuntla Kavita, BRS MLC,
Telangana Jagruthi chief, and daughter of BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao,
missed the Raksha Bandhan festivities with her estranged brother, Sircilla MLA
and BRS Working president K T Rama Rao.
Similarly, Y S Sharmila did not
tie Rakhi to her brother and YSRCP president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in Andhra
Pradesh against their ongoing personal feud.
Kavitha, Sharmila fallout with
brothers
Kavitha, daughter of former Chief
Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, and Sharmila, daughter of Y S Rajasekhar Reddy,
have fallen out with their only brothers, K T Rama Rao and Y S Jagan Mohan
Reddy.
While the exact cause for the rift
has not been made public by either of them, rumours are agog in political
circles that it has to do with power and assets sharing with regard to Kavitha
and assets dispute in the case of Sharmila, who is presently heading the
Congress party in Andhra Pradesh.
At least Kavitha reportedly sent a
message through mobile to her brother KTR, but Sharmila seems not to be on
talking terms.
Raksha Bandhan is celebrated
across the country and abroad where Indians live. On this auspicious day,
sisters tie Rakhis to their brothers, as a bond of protection, obligation, or
care.
Out of station: KTR
Talk in the BRS camp is that
Kavitha sent a message to KTR a day before the Rakhi festival, but was curtly
informed that he was out of station.
Kavitha, in an interview with a TV
channel, asserted she would call on her brother KTR and tie Rakhi. “Generally,
there are no restrictions for Rakhi. I will certainly tie Rakhi to Ramanna (K T
Rama Rao). Relationships are different,” she said to a question when asked if
she would tie Rakhi to Rama Rao. KTR is reportedly out of the station.
However, when media persons
accosted her on the issue, she parried the question. “Why are you focusing only
on BRS? In Congress, CM speaks one thing and Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
says another,” she quipped while speaking to the media at her Banjara Hills
residence.
Beeline to CM’s house
Interestingly, Ms Ramya Rao, a
cousin of KTR, Kavitha tied Rakhi to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and other
Congress leaders at his residence, but not her immediate family members, headed
by KCR.
“This is the third time I have
tied Rakhi to CM Revanth Anna, but I have not tied Rakhi to KTR for the last 33
years. I used to post when KTR was studying in Guntur. Now the situation has
changed. There is no scope to tie Rakhi to him now. Politics has paved the way
for blood relations.”
KCR sisters tie Rakhi
Interestingly, KCR’s sisters,
Lakshmi Bai, Jayamma, and Vinodamma, called on their brother at Erravalli
farmhouse and tied Rakhi to him. KCR touched their feet and took blessings.
Meanwhile, several Congress
leaders, including Ministers Konda Surekha, Seethakka, and Nerella Sharada,
tied Rakhi to the CM, while BJP party leaders and workers tied Rakhi to Union
Minister G Kishan Reddy, Telangana BJP President N. Ramachander Rao.
Leaders and workers across the
political spectrum tied rakhis to their leaders in their respective political
parties.
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