K. Kavita is an Indian politician serving as Member of the Nizamabad Legislative Council since 2020. She is also a member of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. She is famous for being the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
Wiki/Biography
Kalvakuntla Kavitha was born on Monday, March 13, 1978 (age 46; as of 2023) in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). She attended Stanley Girls High School in Hyderabad. She pursued her bachelor’s degree in CSE from VNR Vignana Jyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, and received her master’s degree in science from the University of Southern Mississippi.
K. Kavita in college
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Kavita’s father’s name is Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, also known as KCR. He is an Indian politician who has served as the first Chief Minister of Telangana since June 2, 2014.
K. Kavita and her father
Her mother’s name is K. Shobha.
K. Kavita and her mother
Her brother is KT Rama Rao, an Indian politician who serves as the Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries and Commerce, and Information Technology of Telangana State.
K. Kavita and her brother
husband and children
Kavita married businessman Devanapalli Anil Kumar in 2003.
K. Kavita and her husband
They have two sons, Aaditya and Aarya.
K. Kavita’s son Aditya
K. Kavita and her son Aarya
Religion/Religious Views
Kavita follows Hinduism.
K. Kavita performs Hindu rituals
caste
She belongs to Veerama caste.
address
She resides at Plot No. 214, Road 14, Banjara Hills, Postal Code 129/74, Hyderabad.
Signature/Autograph
Signature of K. Kavita
Profession
In 2003, she moved to the United States with her husband, where she worked as a software engineer. In 2006, she returned to India to serve the people of Telangana. In 2006, when her father resigned from the federal cabinet over the central government’s failure to fulfill its promise to help form Telangana, she joined his movement. She visited most of the remote villages in Telangana to understand the issues affecting people. She learned about the extent of poverty, lack of basic needs like electricity, drinking and irrigation water, and unemployment. She also understood that the people of Telangana have a great love and passion for indigenous art and culture, so she believed that by celebrating the festival, she could bring together all sections of society. She celebrated Batukamma festival on a grand scale where people from different classes came together. Bathukamma is now celebrated in more than 30 countries. She decided to work for the welfare of the people of the state and formed the Telangana Jagruthi Party in August 2006.
Telangana Jagruti
Telangana Jagruthi was established in 2006 but registered in November 2007. In an interview, she explained the meaning of the party name and said that the meaning of Jagruthi is awakening and the focus is to awaken the Telangana society to be proud of their country and be proud of their country. Keeping unity, the word Jagruthi focuses on bringing together the women and youth of Telangana. The party contributed significantly to winning the support of women and youth for the peaceful non-violent Telangana movement. She founded the Telangana Jagruthi Skill Center to train the youth of Telangana and help provide them with employment opportunities. These centers train around 8,500 students in Telangana and help them in internships.
politics
In 2014, after the formation of Telangana state, she contested the general election from Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency and won with a majority of over 1,64,184 votes. In 2019, she contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Nizamabad but lost to Arvind Dharmapuri by a margin of 70,875 votes. In October 2020, she was elected to the Legislative Council from Nizamabad local authority constituency. She won 727 out of 823 votes cast. In 2021, she was re-elected to the Telangana Legislative Council from Nizamabad local authority constituency in the biennial polls. She was sworn in as MLC on January 19, 2022. In 2015, she served as a Member of Parliament on the Budget Committee, Standing Committee on Commerce and Advisory Committees of Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. She has also been nominated to the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) India regional steering committee, which works to bring more female representation to Parliament.
dispute
Litigation over wrong review
In July 2014, the police registered a case against Kavita, accusing him of making some wrong statements about Jammu and Kashmir, saying:
Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana were forcibly merged into the Indian Union. “
The case was registered under IPC sections 124-A (sedition) and 505 (expression causing public mischief).
Confederation of Indian Industry inquires on Delhi liquor policy case
On February 7, 2023, Kavita’s former auditor Butchi Babu was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. According to the CBI, he did not cooperate with the agency and his answers were questionable. In December 2022, Kavita was also questioned in the same case. The education ministry said Kavita was part of the “Southern Cartel” which caused irregularities while revising Delhi’s excise policy. The members of the organization include Kavitha of Telangana’s ruling party Bharat Rashtra Samithi, YSR MP Magunta Srinivasalu Reddy of Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party and Sarath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma. According to the Department of Education, licensing fees have been reduced. They also accused them of paying Rs. 100 crore to AAP leader Vijay Nair. ED said in a statement,
The Southern Group (Ms K Kavitha, Ms Sh Raghav Magunta, Sh MS Reddy and Sh Sarath Reddy) provided kickbacks of around Rs 100 crore to Sh Vijay Nair on behalf of the AAP leader in exchange for undue advantage. GST Policy 2021-22. ”
On March 8, 2023, she received a summons from the Education Department, requiring her to report to the Delhi office for investigation into her relationship with the Delhi excise tax scam.
Assets and property
movable property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 37,12,847
- Corporate bonds, debentures and shares: Rs. 17,88,56,113
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 1,92,26,014
- Personal Loan: 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 Building: Rs. 3,45,00,000
Note: The movable and immovable property estimates given are based on 2019. These include assets owned by her husband.
net worth
Kavita’s net worth for FY 2019-2020 is estimated to be Rs. 18 Crores. This includes her husband’s net worth.
Facts/Trivia
- People in her state often call her Kavithamma.
- She is the honorary president of the Telangana Rashtra Vidyut Karmika Sangham (TRVKS), a union of electricity employees, and the Telangana Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association (TAWHA), an association of Anganwadi workers.
- She was elected as the first state chief commissioner of the Telangana chapter of the Bharat Scouts and Guides (BS&G) Association, making her the youngest person to hold this position in the country. She also became India’s second female state chief commissioner.
- In 2001, her father was the leader who launched the Telangana movement. In the May 2014 elections, her father won seats in the Telangana Assembly and the National Assembly and became the first chief minister of Telangana.
- During the Telangana movement, her active participation in protests and demonstrations made her a people’s leader and gained a lot of people’s votes.
- In April 2022, when she was a member of the parliamentary committees on rural development, drinking water and sanitation, she said the Union government had not fulfilled its promise to purchase paddy from Telangana farmers. She also said the government should not deny farmers the right to buy rice. She said in an interview,
There is zero rice procured from Telangana. We request the federal government to provide support to Telangana farmers. Indian Food Corporation does not have a proper procurement policy. We request the FCI to issue an annual calendar so that states can guide farmers to sow crops accordingly and uniform procurement should be done. “
- In July 2022, she participated in the ATA 17th Annual Conference and Youth Conference held in Washington, DC, USA, and inaugurated the Telangana Pavilion.
- In August 2022, she moved a Hyderabad court against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Parvesh Varma and Manjinder Singh in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case defamation case against Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
- In August 2022, she wrote to the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to intervene in the Gujarat government’s decision to release 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case. In her letter, she said the Gujarat government had failed to take into account the guidelines issued by the Home Ministry that prisoners convicted of rape and human trafficking offenses should not be released.
- In December 2022, when she was summoned by the CBI for interrogation, she wrote a letter to them informing them of her schedule and requesting that she could not come for interrogation on working days. She wrote in her letter,
I carefully read the contents of the FIR, the list of accused and the contents of the complaint. I wish to state for the record that my name will not appear in any way whatsoever. As per your suggestion, due to my schedule I am unable to meet with you on December 6th, I will be at my office on December 11th, 12th, 14th or 15th (whichever is convenient for you) Meet you at your residence. In Hyderabad. I am a law-abiding citizen and will cooperate with the investigation. “
- In December 2022, the Enforcement Directorate accused her of holding 65% shares in liquor company Indo Spirits, which was involved in the Delhi liquor scam.
- On February 6, 2023, she asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the issue of Adani Group’s falling share price and set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the matter. She also criticized Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement in which she said Adani’s problems would not affect the economy. She said in a statement,
Today, our country is facing a huge crisis. We can definitely call it a crisis as the fall in Adani Group’s share price and company value will impact the country’s economy. Since January 23 to date, the value of shares of SBI and LIC, which invested in the Adani Group, has fallen sharply. It caused serious losses to the people. Adani’s share price on January 23 was Rs 3,436. Now, the group’s share price has fallen to Rs 1,483 on February 6. “
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education