Telugu Desam leader and actress Kavitha left the TDP’s Mahanadu saying that she was ill-treated by the party leadership at the mega event’s inaugural. Kavitha, a long-time TDP functionary, was not invited onto the dais of Mahanadu on Saturday.

A miffed Kavitha said she has been associated with the party for the past several years. “As long as the TDP was out of power, I was invited to be on the dais. But, once the party came to power in AP, they have stopped inviting me. Despite being sent an invitation for the Mahanadu, they have ignored me,” she said.

She siaid the TDP talks about women’s empowerment, but ill-treats women. An angry Kavitha declared she would take a decision soon on whether to stay in the party or not.