Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won an unprecedented four seats in Telangana in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party and its ally Majlis E Ittehadul Muslameen (AIMIM) have appeared jittery over the rising presence and prospects of the saffron party across the state.
The case in point is AIMIM's firebrand and controversial leader Akbaruddin Owaisi's emotional plea to his party leaders and cadre in Karimnagar district to end severe infighting. The Karimnagar Lok Sabha seat, considered to be a stronghold of TRS, fell to BJP's Bandi Sanjay, who defeated his TRS rival by a staggering 89,000 votes. 
Karimnagar town and surrounding areas have a predominantly Muslim population on which the TRS was banking in the Lok Sabha elections but the BJP's strategy defeated the plans of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and his trusted friend Asaduddin Owaisi, president of AIMIM and brother of Akbaruddin. Concerned over the prospects in the forthcoming municipal elections, especially in Karimnagar town, Asaduddin packed Akbaruddin to Karimnagar to douse fire and infighting in the party.