Following the Assembly elections, Gadwal MLA Krishnamohan Reddy switched allegiance from the BRS to the Congress. Since then, tensions have been high between his supporters and those of Saritha Tirupataiah, who had contested the elections on a Congress ticket.
Ever since BRS MLA B Krishnamohan Reddy defected to Congress, party incharge Saritha Tirupataiah has been locking horns with the former over different issues