After the 2009 Elections the Andhra supporters felt that the Telangana Movement was losing its steam. On the other hand the people’s organizations and intellectuals of Telangana initiated plans for intensifying the movement. After the 2009 elections YSR grew in stature in A.P. politics and also at the Centre as a powerful and undisputed leader of the Congress.

• The Rachabanda Programme was to solve the people’s problems after meeting them face to face. The Monsoon Session of the Assembly ended on Ist September. On the next day 2nd September, 2009, YSR started by helicopter from Hyderabad to participate in the first Rachabanda Programme of the State at the Chittoor district and met with sudden death by accident. At once there were changes in the State politics.
• The succession struggle began in the Congress after the death of YSR as it always took place in the Congress earlier. Most of the 257 Congress legislators demanded that YSR’s son Jagan Mohan Reddy should be made the Chief Minister of AP. They put their signatures on the representation to make the son of YSR as CM even before YSR’s funeral took place. Majority of the ministers also signed the representation.
• The Congress High Command took serious note of the developments and immediately appointed Rosaiah as the acting Chief Minister and the swearing in took place ahead of YSR’s funeral. Many in the Rosaiah ‘s ministry were against him. Many of the ministers abstained from the Cabinet and other official meetings.
• They began expressing their protests against Rosaiah. Chaotic conditions prevailed while Rosaiah was the Chief Minister. The state administration became paralyzed. He could not take any decision freely. In these circumstances, the Telangana Movement again gained momentum.