K. Kavita is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Nizamabad Legislative Council since 2020. He is also a member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi. She is famous for being the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
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Wiki/Biography
Kalvakuntla Kavita was born on Monday 13 March 1978 (age 46; as of 2023) in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). She did her schooling at Stanley Girls High School, Hyderabad. He pursued B.Tech in CSE from VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad and Masters in Science from University of Southern Mississippi.
K. Kavita during her college days
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′6″
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
parents and siblings
Kavita’s father name is Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao also known as KCR. He is an Indian politician who has been the first Chief Minister of Telangana since 2 June 2014.
K. Kavita with her father
His mother’s name is K. Shobha.
K. Kavita with her mother
His brother’s name is KT Rama Rao who is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industry and Commerce and Information Technology of Telangana.
K. Kavita with her brother
husband and children
Kavita married Devanapalli Anil Kumar, who is a businessman, in 2003.
K. Kavita with her husband
They have two sons together, Aditya and Aarya.
Aditya is the son of K. Kavita
K. Kavita with her daughter Aarya
Religion/Religious Beliefs
Kavita follows Hinduism.
K. Kavita performs a Hindu ritual
Caste
He belongs to Velama caste.
Address
He lives on plot no. 214, Road No. 14, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, 129/74.
signature/autograph
Signature of K. Kavita
Career
In 2003, she moved to the USA with her husband and worked there as a software engineer. In 2006, he returned to India to work with the people of Telangana. In 2006, when her father resigned from the Union Cabinet because he was upset with the central government for not fulfilling its promise to help build Telangana, she joined him in the movement. He visited most of the remote villages of Telangana to understand the problems of the people. He learned about the extent of poverty, lack of basic necessities like electricity, drinking and irrigation water and unemployment. He also learned that the people of Telangana had great love and enthusiasm for indigenous art and culture, so he thought that by celebrating festivals he would be able to connect all sections of the society. He celebrated the Bathukamma festival on a grand scale in which people from different sections participated together. Today, Bathukama is celebrated in more than 30 countries. He decided to work for the welfare of the people in the state and formed the Telangana Jagruthi Party in August 2006.
Telangana Jagruti
Telangana Jagruthi was formed in 2006 but registered in November 2007. In an interview, she explained the meaning of her party’s name, saying that the meaning of Jagruthi is awakening, which focuses on awakening the community of Telangana to be proud of their state and remain united, and the word Jagruthi is women and the union of Telanath. The party has been instrumental in garnering the support of women and youth for a peaceful and non-violent Telangana movement. He set up Telangana Jagruthi Skill Centers to train the youth in Telangana and help them find employment. These centers train around 8500 students in Telangana and help them in placement.
politics
In 2014, after Telangana was formed, he contested the general election from Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency and won with a majority of 1,64,184 votes. In 2019, he contested the 2019 general election to Parliament from Nizamabad but lost to Arvind Dharmapuri by 70,875 votes. In October 2020, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Council from Nizamabad Local Government Constituency. He won 727 out of 823 votes. In 2021, he was re-elected from Nizamabad Local Government Constituency in a biennial election to the Telangana Legislative Council. He was sworn in as MLC on January 19, 2022. In 2015, he was a member of the Committee on Estimates, Standing Committee on Commerce as well as the Advisory Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation. She was also nominated to the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) India Region Steering Committee, which works to bring more women representatives to Parliament.
confrontations
A case was filed for wrong comments
In July 2014, the police registered a case against Kavita for making inappropriate comments about Jammu and Kashmir, saying:
Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana were both forcibly and simultaneously annexed to the Indian Union.
A case was registered under IPC sections 124-A (sedition) and 505 (statements causing public mischief).
questioned by the CBI in the Delhi liquor policy case
On 7 February 2023, former Kavita auditor Buchi Babu was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. According to the CBI, he was not cooperating with the agency and his answers were questionable. In December 2022, Kavita was also questioned in the same case. The ED said Kavita was part of a “southern cartel” that was causing irregularities by altering Delhi’s excise policy. The group included Telangana ruling Kavita Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Magunta Srinivasalu Reddy, MP from Andhra Pradesh ruling YSR Congress and Sarath Reddy from Aurobindo Pharma. According to Ed, the license fee has been reduced. They were also accused of paying Rs. 100 crores to AAP leader Vijay Nair. A statement issued by the ED said,
100 crores (approx) in compensation by Southern Group (Mrs K Kavitha, Sh Raghav Magunta, Sh MS Reddy and Sh Sarath Reddy) to Sh Vijay Nair on behalf of AAP leaders in return for undue favors in Excise Policy 2021-22.
On March 8, 2023, he received a summons from the ED to appear at its office in Delhi to investigate his connection with the Delhi Excise Scam.
assets and property
movable assets
- Bank deposits: Rs. 37,12,847
- Bonds, bonds and shares in companies: Rs. 17,88,56,113
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 1,92,26,014
- Personal Loans: Rs. 7,00,00,000
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 7,58,450
- Other assets: Rs. 88,66,596
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs. 3,32,00,000
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 1,10,00,000
- Commercial buildings: Rs. 3,00,00,000
- Residential buildings: Rs. 3,45,00,000
Note: The given valuations of movable and immovable property are given as of 2019. It includes assets owned by the husband.
Net worth
Kavita’s net worth for the financial year 2019-2020 was estimated at Rs. 18 crores. It includes the net worth of his wife.
Facts/Trivia
- He is often referred to as Kavitama by the people of his state.
- He is the Honorary President of Telangana Rashtra Vidyut Karmika Sangham (TRVKS), which is the union of electricity workers and Telangana Anganwadi Workers and Auxiliary Association (TAWHA), for Anganwadi workers.
- He was elected as the first state chief commissioner of the Telangana chapter of the Bharat Scouts and Guides Association (BS&G), making him the youngest person to hold the post in the country. She also became the second female State Chief Commissioner in India.
- In 2001, his father was the leader who started the Telangana movement. In the May 2014 elections, his father won the Telangana seats for both the state assembly and the national parliament, becoming the first Chief Minister of Telangana.
- During the movement in Telangana, he actively participated in protests and demonstrations, which made him a leader of the people and received many votes from the people.
- In April 2022, when he was a member of parliamentary committees including rural development, drinking water and sanitation, he said the Union government had not fulfilled its promise to procure paddy from Telangana farmers. He also said that the government should not deny farmers the purchase of paddy. In an interview he said,
Procurement of paddy from Telangana is nil. We request the support of the Union Government for the farmers of Telangana. Food Corporation of India does not have a proper procurement policy. We request FCI to publish an annual calendar so that states can direct farmers to sow crops accordingly and that there is uniform procurement.”
- In July 2022, he participated in the 17th ATA Convention and Youth Conference in Washington, USA and inaugurated the Telangana Pavilion.
- In August 2022, when he was linked to the Delhi liquor policy case, he filed a defamation case in a Hyderabad court against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Parvesh Varma and Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
- In August 2022, he wrote a letter to Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana to interfere with the Gujarat government’s decision to release 11 convicts in the Bilki Bano gang-rape and murder case. In the letter, he said the Gujarat government had not taken the decision in keeping with the guidelines issued by the Home Ministry, which said that prisoners convicted of rape and human trafficking should not be released.
- In December 2022, when he was summoned by the CBI for questioning, he wrote a letter to them stating his schedule and requesting that he could not attend the questioning on weekdays. In the letter he wrote:
I have carefully gone through the contents of the FIR, the list of accused and the contents of the complaint. I would like to point out that my name does not appear in any way. As suggested by you, I am not able to meet on 6th December due to my busy schedule, I will be able to meet you on 11th, 12th, 14th or 15th December as per your convenience at my residence in Hyderabad. I am a law-abiding citizen and I will cooperate with the investigation.”
- In December 2022, the Enforcement Directorate accused him of owning 65% stake in liquor company Indo Spirits, which is involved in the liquor scam in Delhi.
- On 6 February 2023, he asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the issue of falling share prices of the Adani Group and set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the matter. He also criticized Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement in which she said that the Adani issue will not affect the economy. In a statement he said,
Today we are facing a huge crisis in the country. It can really be called a crisis, because the decline in Adani Group’s shares and the company’s value will affect the country’s economy. From January 23 till date, the value of shares of SBI and LIC, which have invested in Adan Group, has fallen sharply. A common man suffered heavy losses. The value of Adani shares on January 23 was 3436 GEL. Now the value of the group’s shares fell to 1483 GEL on February 6.
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