Overview
- Sources say Kavitha met Prashant Kishor twice in Hyderabad in the past month, including a five-day round of discussions during Sankranti.
- The conversations reportedly examined the viability, structure and public positioning of a new regional outfit, with no public confirmation from Kishor.
- Accounts differ on Kishor’s role, with one report calling collaboration likely and another describing informal suggestions rather than a formal engagement.
- Kavitha has constituted roughly 50 committees that have submitted preliminary assessments to guide policy and organisational frameworks for the proposed party.
- Kavitha has pledged to contest the next assembly elections and has intensified criticism of both BRS and Congress over alleged corruption following acceptance of her MLC resignation.