Yellendu MLA Banothu Haripriya won the 2018 election on the Congress ticket in Khammam district Telangana. Recently, she shifted loyalty to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. Accompanied by TRS activists, she visited Govindrala village to campaign for the victory of TRS loyalists for the MPTC and ZPTC elections. There was also some local police force. Still, the Congress party activists in the village came out in large numbers and confronted the MLA. They picked up heated arguments saying that they fought very hard to get her elected. But now the MLA came to their village to ask for support to their rivals in the village.

The tensions increased as the TRS activists also gathered in good numbers and confronted the Congress members. They attacked each other with chappals and stones. The police couldn’t control the situation as the clashing groups far outnumbered them. Haripriya had no choice but to leave the village midway with the help of local police. Some activists were injured in the clash. The situation came under control a while after the MLA left the village.