ABN Andhrajyothi ran a special story over TRS altering Operation Akarsh to Operation Blackmail. This seems to be the strategy to strengthen TRS in GHMC where the ruling party is weak.
To come out victorious in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Elections, TRS Ministers have been lobbying to lure TDP MLAs into their party. They were mounting pressure on the legislators who were against joining TRS party by indicating their businesses will be under target. Even Ministers have been ordering the government officials not to take up any development programmes in those constituencies.
Serilingampally MLA Arikepudi Gandhi warned Opposition MLAs will take up a movement against TRS Government if the step-motherly treatment continues.
Kukatpally MLA Krishna Rao pledged to sit on fast on to death if TRS continues to pressurize him to take TRS Membership by ditching parent party (TDP).