In the run-up to the Telangana elections, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) managed to neutralise one of its dangerous opponents- the Yuga Thulasi Party. Just like the BRS, which has a car symbol, the Yuga Thulasi party was allotted a road roller symbol. Based on previous elections, the BRS believes that identical symbols of insignificant independents and parties played spoilsport and damaged its chances