Rajya Sabha MP K V P Ramchandra Rao was considered almost an alter ego of former chief minister late YS Rajasekhar Reddy. Even though KVP is in political oblivion ever since N Kiran Kumar Reddy took over as chief minister in November 2010, he still has over 20 MLAs in his command. It is said that KVP and his 20 loyal MLAs are being woed by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy camp to topple the Kiran Kumar Reddy government.

To substantiate this, the sources point out that during the last one month, Y V Subba Reddy, Jagan's close relative and YSR Congress leader, has called on KVP at least on two occasions to extract some support from him. Apart from Subba Reddy, other leaders who have met KVP on behalf of Jagan included Bhuma Nagi Reddy and Ravindranath Reddy. "Jagan wants to increase the anti-Kiran votes in the assembly ahead of the winter session so that he can pull down the government and force a mid-term election. Therefore, KVP is not being asked to quit the Congress and join ranks with Jagan, but merely wooed to extend the support of the Congress MLAs loyal to him to vote against the CM in case of a trust vote," said a leader.

The main advantage Jagan has that neither KVP nor his loyal MLAs are in the good books of Kiran Kumar or the leaders in New Delhi. "KVP has been trying to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the last four months, but with no success. This despite him having excellent rapport with AICC leaders Motilal Vohra and Ghulam Nabi Azad. The MLAs backing KVP are also said to be frustrated at being ignored by Kiran Kumar and could be ripe candidates to stage a coup," said a senior Congress leader.

Regarding alleged differences between KVP and Jagan, one close aide of Jagan said the two leaders had had differences earlier, but in the changed political scenario, both of them are ready to bury them and work together. Perhaps in the next few weeks, further meetings between KVP and Jagan or their aides can cement any joint political strategy being worked upon by them in order to spell trouble for Kiran Kumar Reddy.