Tammineni Seetharam and Kala Venkata Rao of Srikakulam district and Ganababu of Vizag district, had joined the PRP before the elections from the Telugu Desam Party; they have expressed their desire to return to the TDP. Devender Goud from the TDP who had started his own party, the Nava Telangana Party (NTP) and later merged with the PRP and contested both assembly and parliament elections without success, is also looking to joining the TDP. Moreover, three days back, TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu, invited former leaders to a meeting with his party leaders. In other developments, some TD MLAs are looking towards the Congress. Prasanna Kumar Reddy, TD MLA from Kovuru, has raised his tone with the party chief and has expressed his dissatisfaction with Chandrababu Naidu; it appears that he may join the Congress. Other leaders from the PRP have also expresed their desire to quit the party and are waiting to rejoin their own parties like the Congress and the TDP.

It had been reported that the TDP high command has alerted its cadre and asked them not to leave the party. But recently, as many as 12 members from the Adilabad zilla parishad quit the TD and joined the Congress. Some rebel leaders of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have also signalled that they wish to quit the party and they have sought the permission of YS Rajasekhara Reddy to join the Congress.