Hold polls in October, says Congress

LUCKNOW, AUG. 19. The Uttar Pradesh Congress today warned that the party legislators in the State Assembly might resign, if the elections in the State were not held by October next claiming that the term of current Assembly expires in September and not in March next year.

``Our legislators may resign if the polls were not held in October as several Congress MLAs have expressed their desire to resign.

The term of the current Vidhan Sabha expires in September and not in March next year and elections should be held immediately after that,'' the UP Congress president Sri Prakash Jaiswal claimed while speaking to reporters here.

Launching a scathing attack on the Rajnath Singh Government, Mr. Jaiswal said the law and order situation in the State had ``changed for the worse and a jungle raj prevails.''

He said the recent incidents of killings of members of minority community and communal riots at several places had ``proved the hollowness of the Chief Minister's claim that all was well on the law and order front.''

Demanding judicial probe into the recent killings and riots, he said: ``the Government was avoiding inquiries as it will be exposed.''

The party would stage a dharna at the GPO park in the State Capital tomorrow as part of its agitational programmes, which would be attended by the AICC general secretary, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, and some other senior leaders. - PTI

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