Factionism first started in kadapa jilla to show their domination by contorlling.   1.lime stone quarries   2. Red sandlewood (smuggling)   3.other natural ores (mining)     Most of them were engaged in Smuggling of  Red Sanders, land grabbing, mining lease scams,  illegal land  acquisitions, deals with  irrigation and government contractors .     later it slowly spread to Anantapur and other distircts   even today they have caught smugglers who are smuggling 18 lakhs worth of red s