People were told that YSRC party leader Sharmila has stopped her padayatra to undergo an operation for her injured knee joint and need rest for the next three months. However, Telangana forum president Kavita said that she might have been advised by her party leadership to discontinue, fearing protests and attacks from pro-telangana people, because their party has expressed anti-Telangana stand in the all party meeting. Kavita said that Sharmila’s surgery is just an excuse to discontinue her padayatra. She claims that they have some evidences that prove Sharmila’s injury is a minor one and it doesn’t stop her from doing padayatra. She said that the evidence will be made public when time comes.