India, Sept. 2 -- The suspension of Kalvakuntla Kavitha from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) by her father and founder of the party, K Chandrasekhar Rao, on grounds of "anti-party activities" has sparked protests by her supporters in Telangana.

On Tuesday, K Kavitha's supporters gathered outside her house in Hyderabad, raising slogans of "Jai Jagruthi" in her support. They wore scarfs with her face on them in a show solidarity.

K Kavitha is the founder of 'Telangana Jagruthi', a non-profit organisation "working for capacity building, preserving heritage, culture and sustainable Bharat", according to its social media handles.

"Injustice has been done... The way she has been suspended is absolutely wrong. We condemn this," Ravi Rathod, ...