Maha Kutami (2009)

It was formed with the sole aim of dethroning the then-Indian National Congress government in the state, which was led by then-chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

[4] After the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, the Left Front withdrew support to the Congress in the state as well.

[6] The alliance was described by India Today as "a loose grouping of super-sized egos and prime ministerial ambitions with no ideological common ground.

Votes from the TRS and the Communist parties failed to transfer to the TDP, which caused the alliance to lose many seats, especially in Telangana.

Naidu, who credited himself as the founder of Cyberabad (now HITEC City) and projected himself as a moderniser in the previous election, now raised the concerns of the poor, farmers and development of the countryside.