The Left parties — CPI and CPI (Marxist) — have criticised BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for ‘unilaterally’ announcing candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections and asserted that the latter owed an explanation to the people of the State on the sudden change in his stand vis-a-vis the Left parties.
A day after the BRS president’s announcement, the Left parties said on Tuesday that the decision would see the BRS lose four to five % of votes which would have otherwise gone in its favour. The two Left parties attributed BRS’ political motives behind the decision while CPI State secretary Kunamaneni Sambasaiva Rao went ahead expressing doubt that the BRS appeared to be going soft on the BJP.
