State BJP unit on Friday congratulated Yediyurappa on his swearing-in as Chief Minister of Karnataka after the fall of the Congress-JD (S) government. BJP State chief spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao said that the BJP Telangana welcomed and congratulated Yediyurappa. Reacting to the statements of Congress MP A Revanth Reddy, he said it highlighted the desperation of his party which had lost its relevance in the State.

The Congress has been losing its top leadership to the BJP in Telangana State for two months and there is still a long line of Congress leaders who are willing to desert Congress sooner than later. He questioned Revanth Reddy as to how a national party without a national president can be taken as a serious political entity, "leave alone an alternative to TRS in Telangana."