Varanasi, May 20; The bypoll to Chiraigaon assembly constituency postponed to June 21 should be held under direct supervision of the Election Commission to ensure it is free and fair, national general secretary of Samajwadi Party Amar Singh said today. "SP has no faith in chief minister Mayawati and her administrative machinery", he told reporters here.
Ec should hold the bypoll under its direct supervision and if the commission deems it necessary, officials could be brought from other states for conducting the poll, Singh said.
He demanded suspension of district magistrate Anil Sant and I G Vijaya Kumar alleging they worked as party agents of BSP.
Singh also demanded that three state ministers sukhdeo Rajbhar, Raj Kishore and Jayaveer Singh should be dismissed from the cabinet and their entry banned in the area till the polling day.
Besides, these three ministers should also be debarred from contesting elections in future, he said adding the SP would launch a movement if their demands were not conceded.
EC has postponed the bypoll which was slated for May 21 after observers reported misuse of government machinery and violation of model code of conduct. Bureau Report