Minister for Energy Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy accused the Congress party of supporting the BJP in Telangana. He spoke at the BRS Party Atmiya Sammelan in Kodad, which was chaired by MLA Bollam Mallaiah Yadav. Other politicians who attended include State Road Transport Corporation Chairman Mettu Srinivas, MP Badugula Lingaiah Yadav, MLC Takkallapalli Ravinder Rao, MLAs Sanampudi Saidireddy and Gadhari Kishore Kumar. Reddy criticized Congress leaders for continuing to align with the BJP even after Rahul Gandhi was expelled from Lok Sabha and directed to vacate his quarter.