Internal rife is still on in Andhra Pradesh BJP over the allocation of seats as the loyalist group of the saffron party believes that merit is not the sole criterion for getting a ticket to contest the elections. According to the party sources, leaders who have joined from the TDP were given preference over the loyalists while distributing the tickets. There were several
TDP-BJP-JSP Alliance: former MLA Nallamilli Ramakrishna Reddy's supporters burned TDP flags, pamphlets, and a bicycle in protest after the TDP high command decided to allocate the Anaparthi seat to the BJP as part of their alliance.