He has already accepted the positions of the national leadership of the bjp, including those of amit shah and J P Nadda, the Union's minister of the interior. But Rajagopal informed him that he needed another week to make a decision, which caught him completely off guard. It appears that the congress leadership is pressuring the Munugode mla to remain in the party in order to advance his political career. Second, the party apparatus in Munugode, which is a weak force in nalgonda district, is also unwilling to join him in the BJP.
According to reports, party employees warned Rajagopal that the odds of his winning the by-elections if he decided to resign from the assembly were slim because the congress party is very powerful in the district. Additionally, the trs will employ every tool at its disposal to defeat him. The bjp leadership is pressing that Rajagopal join the party only after retiring from the assembly, despite the fact that he is having second thoughts about doing so. He is unsure about this element, thus.