On the day Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar claimed that Telangana CM KCR approached Congress leaders to join BRS, the leaders of the pink party, K Keshava Rao and Dasoju Srravan strongly refuted the claim and expressed confidence in their party's victory in the upcoming polls. Rao emphasized the insignificance of exit polls, stating that the actual results matter, and conveyed absolute confidence in the BRS returning to power in the results to be counted on Sunday (December 3).
Responding to Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar's claim, BRS leader K Keshava Rao said, "It is only a day away from us to get the exact polls. So exit polls do not matter before the exact polls...We are absolutely confident that we are getting back to power. Let us not get into the figures right now."
BRS leader Dasoju Srravan said, "It is sheer stupidity of the Congress party and DK Shivakumar to make stupid allegations that KCR is trying to be in touch with their MLAs... By saying that DK Shivakumar is portraying distrust in his own MLAs... The KCR and BRS party does not require anybody's support... We are emerging as the single largest party, and we will form the government..."