TRS leaders Harish Rao and E. Rajender said they had information that a conspiracy was being hatched to kill their party president. They claimed that even the money was paid to hired killers. They said they had passed on the information to police.

Talking to reporters, they demanded a thorough probe into the conspiracy and 'Z-plus' security to KCR, as Chandrasekhara Rao is popularly known. Harish Rao warned that if KCR was harmed, the government would be responsible for its consequences.