Polls rigged: Maya seeks President’s Rule in state

Talking to newspersons here, Mayawati said this blatant use of money and muscle-power showed that Mulayam was aware of his shifting support-base. ‘‘The party in power uses such tactics only when its leader is unsure of winning the elections through fair means,’’ she said. The violence unleashed by the ruling party has claimed the lives of several BSP workers, she added.

Describing the use of unfair means in the polls as a ‘‘murder of democracy’’, Mayawati said she was confident that the SP would be wiped out in the next Assembly elections.