The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of Andhra Pradesh has dismissed reports that it indulged in horse-trading, in the run up to the elections for three Rajya Sabha seats from the state. "If you observe the history of our party, we never bothered for the quantity, instead tried for quality. We try to send qualitative representatives to the nation, to the people and to the state of Andhra Pradesh,¿ senior TDP leader, GSRK Prasad told ANI.

YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) had accused the TDP of malpractices after some leaders of the YSRCP, over a period of last few months, left the party to join the TDP, alleging high handedness in the YSRCP.