Hyderabad, April 25 -- The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday sharply criticised the launch of a new political outfit, Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS), by K. Kavitha, terming the move a "political drama" orchestrated by the Kalvakuntla family.

In an official statement, BJP State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N V Subash said, "The development only reinforces what the party has long maintained--that internal developments within the family of former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao are being played out as calculated public spectacles rather than genuine political shifts."

Subash pointed out that the original Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), founded to capitalise on regional sentiment during the statehoo...