Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of "MLA chori" and poaching BRS legislators. He tweeted pictures of BRS MLAs donning what appeared to be Congress scarves and asked, "Isn’t this MLA Chori? How is this any less than Vote Chori?" "Aren’t you ashamed of your complicity?" he further wrote.