He said he took the decision after brainstorming with hundreds of well-wishers and fans, in the larger interests of Telangana and for the sake of upholding secularism in the country.
Speaking to newsmen after meeting the BRS presidnet K Chandrasekhar Rao, the former IPS officer alleged that it was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that had mounted pressure on the BSP leadership to call off the electoral understanding with the BRS.