evidence: Hyderabad: Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao has been indispensable to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and more so as the Siddipet assembly seat MLA since 2004 when he won it for the first time by defeating Cheruku Muthyam Reddy of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) with a margin of 24,829 votes. While Harish Rao has never lost the seat since then, a different kind of churn is being witnessed, wherein public opposition against him is building up for the first time. [...] In 2018 elections, due to the Mahakutami (TDP, Congress and TJS) fighting the elections collectively, which is known to be a historic blunder committed by the Congress at the time, a little-known Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) candidate was given ticket to contest against Harish Rao. It only helped the MLA sail past the 1 lakh margin mark. [...] At this juncture, the entry of Gadhagoni Chakradhar Goud, who runs an NGO called ‘Farmers First Foundation,’ into the BJP was perceived as a threat to Harish Rao’s domination in the constituency. Chakradhar was aggressive in reaching out to the farmers in distress, offering financial support to their families affected by the suicide of a farmer, or giving support to farmers in case of crop loss.