New Delhi, July 19: The Left parties today condemned Gujarat government's recommendation for dissolution of the house as a "classic sinister design" to take electoral advantage of the communal carnage and cautioned the Election Commission against succumbing to BJP's pressure for early polls. "We appeal to the Election Commission not to hold elections till normalcy is restored. The people have not yet been fully settled and there are thousands who have not yet been rehabilitated," CPI-M general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet said describing the state government's move as "totally wrong".

CPI national secretary D Raja said the Narendra Modi government should be dismissed and the state be placed under President's Rule.

"The state government's move is a classic sinister design to take electoral advantage after causing the worst communal carnage and divide among people," he said. The party asked the election commission not to succumb to BJP's pressure for early elections.

The Gujarat cabinet today recommended dissolution of the assembly nine months ahead of schedule to overcome the "present instability" in the state wrecked by communal violence that claimed over 800 lives, mostly Muslims. Bureau Report