UP: BJP demands election under President's rule

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday slammed the State Election Commission over alleged rigging during the local bodies elections and accused the poll panel chief S P Singh of working 'as an agent of ruling Samajwadi Party'.

"Such large-scale rigging and violence had never been witnessed in the electoral history of the state," BJP spokesman H N Dixit alleged.

Dixit, speaking to reporters, charged the state election commissioner S P Singh with 'denigrating' the office.

He also demanded immediate dismissal of the state government and holding of fresh elections for the local bodies under President's rule.