Raghu Doddi Reddy acknowledged the mandate, stating, 'We will stick to our demand that we will continue future elections will be held only by using the ballot papers.' He argued that the seats lost were traditional BJP strongholds and that a limited electorate cannot reflect the entire state. Anand Gurumurthy hit back, asserting that educated graduate and teacher constituencies rejected the Congress government's policies and fiscal management.
He accused the opposition of attacking constitutional bodies like the Election Commission of India without presenting evidence, maintaining that the electorate has validated NDA development policies.