Anas Sarwar has slammed the Scottish Tory social gathering for his or her "determined try" to attempt to cling onto second place on the council elections later this week.
The Scottish Labour chief took intention at Douglas Ross ' social gathering over its techniques forward of the vote on Thursday Could 5.
It has been claimed by the Scottish Tories that round 25 candidates standing for Labour assist an unbiased Scotland or need one other referendum.
Sarwar advised the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme the claims are "factually incorrect".
It comes as polls counsel Labour will overtake the Tories to take second place on the election.
On the candidates, Sarwar mentioned: "I feel when you're studying the repeated Tory press launch, I feel that press launch is relatively determined.
"I feel it has been proved to be factually incorrect and I feel it exhibits that the Tories try to cling on to second place relatively than making an attempt to have any severe try and beat the SNP."
Host Gary Robertson mentioned: "Unbiased evaluation says that 25 candidates have backed holding indyref2."
Sarwar answered: "That is a Tory press launch evaluation, there is not any unbiased evaluation behind that determine.
"All of our candidates are standing on a platform of a reformed and renewed UK, all of our candidates are true to our labour values and rules and all of them are standing on this election to combat for his or her local people.
"I would not consider the nonsense put out by Tory press HQ which is only a determined try and attempt to push folks to the Conservatives by claiming that the Labour Social gathering now not helps us being a part of the UK.
"The Labour Social gathering unequivocally assist Scotland be a part of the UK, however we consider the UK wants to vary."
Sarwar added: "I feel there's nothing mistaken with a candidate who had supported independence beforehand, however now doesn't assist independence and helps the Labour platform.
"I need us to have a various group of candidates and we do have a various group of candidates standing on this election marketing campaign."
Sarwar pressing to apologise
Scottish Conservative Shadow Cupboard Secretary for Shadow Cupboard Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Native Authorities, Miles Briggs hit again at Sarwar's interview saying he should "urgently apologise for deceptive Scottish voters".
He mentioned: "Anas Sarwar is making an attempt to color these 25 pro-independence candidates as some sort of Tory hoax - however these candidates’ views have been on-line for everybody to see.
"Newspapers and retailers have independently fact-checked the claims. Anas Sarwar himself fastidiously prevented saying it was the ‘mistaken determine’– and even successfully admitted that 4 of the candidates nonetheless need independence.
"These cries of ‘faux information’ are determined and laughable – and Scots is not going to be fooled by this clear spin from the Labour chief.
"Anas Sarwar should urgently apologise for deceptive Scottish voters, cease dodging questions over his social gathering’s stance on independence, and eventually resolve whether or not Labour is absolutely pro-UK or not.”
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