After Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh was rejected, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy accused the BJP of conspiring to cause the incident. Reddy said the BJP was resorting to "seat theft (chori)" after "vote theft (chori)" and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. "This is an assault on democracy. People's voices are being stifled," he stated.