Lucknow: Accusing the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) of rigging the civic bodies elections to help the BJP and prevent Congress victory, the Jan Morcha on Thursday demanded immediate imposition of President's rule in Uttar Pradesh.
Jan Morcha chief Raj Babbar demanded the dismissal of the Mulayam Singh government so that the assembly polls, due early next year, could be held in a free and fair manner.
In several places, including Agra, Moradabad and Allahabad, large number of ballot papers were declared invalid, he alleged saying that Singh, in a bid to prevent the Congress from winning, directed officials to ensure BJP's victory.
"The state will witness massive rigging, booth capturing and bloodshed on a large scale in the Assembly polls if the present dispensation is allowed even as a caretaker government," Babbar alleged.
The morcha would launch an agitation if the next Assembly election was held under the present regime, he said. He claimed he had recorded telephonic conversation of senior government officials issuing directions for rigging.
"It clearly proves that the SP is hand in glove with the BJP," Babbar said. The morcha constituents would meet president APJ Abdul Kalam after November 14 to impress upon him the need to dismiss the state government, Babbar added.
"If the Mulayam government is allowed to continue, free and fair elections to the Vidhan Sabha will not be possible," he said.
He also said former SP state minority cell president Shahnawaj Ahmed Quadri and well known Urdu poet Hasan Kamal have joined the Jan Morcha.
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