The BRS’ list of candidates for 115 of the 119 seats in the Telangana Assembly has left the Communist leaders red-faced.After going through the list, the CPI and CPI(M) leaders cried foul over what they considered a great betrayal.
“We joined hands with the BRS as our aim was to bring down the BJP.Had we not helped, the BRS would have lost the Munugode by-election,” Telangana CPI(M) secretary Thammineni Veerabhadram told media reporters.
CPI leaders asserted that they will work for the defeat of the party.“The BRS will lose four to five per cent of the votes in the entire state,” said CPI state secretary Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao.
However, differences between Left parties showed up when CPM state secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram took a stand that the BRS wanted to maintain equidistance between alliances.
Asserting that the Left’s alliance with the BRS was for the larger good of the country, the CPM said they could halt the BJP.“The BRS could not have won the Munugodu Assembly poll without having a truck with us.That would have allowed the BJP to have a free run after they won the by polls and performed well in the GHMC,” Tammineni Veerabhadram added.
The two parties expected that KCR would call them for talks, and announce the names of BRS candidates after finalising a seat-sharing agreement.
Now, the two Left parties are looking at the Congress as a potential partner in the state.
Both CPI and CPI(M) are already part of the Opposition coalition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) with Congress at the national level.
