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He quietly separated himself from the tdp following the defeat of the party in the andhra pradesh elections of 2019, then unexpectedly snatched up the rajya sabha seat in the state by courting YSRC president Y S jagan Mohan Reddy. He has since begun hailing jagan as the genuine bc leader. On Wednesday, while taking part in the jai Ho bc Mahasabha in Vijayawada, Krishnaiah went above and beyond to win against Jagan. After viewing jagan Mohan Reddy's welfare programmes, he claimed, people in other states were clamouring for their regions to be combined with Andhra.
"The other day, I hosted a gathering in Karnataka's belgaum (Belagavi). Particularly the villages on the borders, the people from belgaum requested that their district be combined with Andhra Pradesh. They said that the jagan government impressed them when I questioned them about it, said Krishnaiah. According to him, the jagan government's empowerment initiatives attracted the BCs of Belgaum. "Thousands of BCs have advanced to the positions of MPTC, sarpanceh, and other ap positions. As a result, if belgaum is combined with Andhra, we will also receive the same benefits, according to Krishnaiah, who cited residents of Belgaum.