The first President of the organisation was Ajeet Singh Mamdoli. During the 2008 Rajasthan Assembly elections, the group supported the Indian National Congress on the condition that the party would give a specified number of tickets to Rajput candidates. At that time, Kalvi was associated with the Congress, and Mamdoli wanted a Congress ticket to contest the election. According to Mamdoli, Kalvi was concerned about his growing political clout, which led to differences between the two leaders, and a split in the group. Mamdoli left the group and formed a new faction. Mamdoli filed a case against Kalvi's group, claiming that he had registered the name "Shri Rajput Karni Sena"; as of 2018, the case is sub-judice. After Mamdoli's departure, Kalvi appointed Gogamedi as the President of his faction. Later, differences developed between Kalvi and Gogamedhi over demands for reservation.
The main motive of Karni Sena was to protect rights of Rajput and that the community should get 10%Reservation in Government Jobs And Educational Institutions. This was heavily encouraged under him, after becoming President.
In 2017, the Karni Sena started protesting against film Padmaavat, based on Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi's epic poemPadmavat about Padmavati, claiming that the film is distorting Rajput history and hurting Rajputanasentiments. Gogamedi asked what the state government would gain by supporting the movie. There were allegations from the group that the film is depicting inaccurate facts, with activists vandalizing the sets of the film. According to a sting operation conducted by an Indian news channel, activists may have planted the controversy in order to extort money from the filmmakers. The vandals broke the mirrors that were installed in the Chittor Fort around 50 years ago, claiming that they misrepresent the story of Padmavati, whose face, according to PAD, was shown to Alauddin Khalji using a mirror. In January 2017, a film set was vandalized. Several historians responded to the vandalism, with The Times of India reporting, "Sufi poet Jayasi made up the story that later got legend status, so Bhansali can't be threatened for taking creative licence with the tale, say historians". Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was assaulted by the Karni Sena on a film set, which led to a number of celebrities and public figures condemning the attack. Sukhdev was the lead person of the protest, under hi supervision the protest held in whole place. Seeing this there were made 5 cuts in movie. The name of The Movie was changed from "Padmavati" to "Padmavat".
