BRS working president KT Rama Rao charged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of using intimidating tactics to poach the BRS MLAs. He said majority of the 10 BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress were forced to join the Congress, using various State government agencies against them.
He stated that some BRS MLAs were running educational institutions, real estate or other businesses, and were threatened using the departments concerned to intimidate them. He stated that a couple of the defected MLAs received warnings from the police that they have a life threat and can survive only if they join the Congress.