Left parties, Congress back candidature of Venkateswara Rao for VMC Mayor post

Former IPS officer A.B. Venkateswara Rao. | Photo Credit: File Photo

The CPI, the CPI(M) and the Congress have backed the candidature of retired IPS officer A.B. Venkateswara Rao for the post of Mayor of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC), signalling a joint effort by the parties to contest the upcoming elections.

The Left parties have decided to jointly contest various corporator seats in the elections and support Mr. Venkateswara Rao as their common mayoral candidate. The Congress has also expressed its willingness to back his candidature following an appeal by the former police officer, and has decided to withdraw from the mayoral contest.