After voicing criticisms towards Todor Zhivkov's reforms of de-Stalinization in the late 50s he was ostracized for a while, but was then brought back and made a member of Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party [REF].
Toward the end of 1964 and in early 1965, Todorov-Gorunia and Tzolo Кrastev (Цоло Кръстев) organized group of high-ranking military officers planning to overthrow the regime led by Todor Zhivkov.