BJP govt in UP putting pressure on DM in Gangoh: Cong

The Congress accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday of putting pressure on the administration to tilt the bypoll results in the saffron party's favour in the Gangoh Assembly seat and called for an impartial inquiry in the matter.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, currently on a visit to Rae Bareli and Amethi, said her party's nominee was removed from the counting centre while the counting of votes was on and alleged that the district magistrate was being pressured over phone to reduce the Congress candidate's lead.

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Kumar Lallu charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state with misusing official machinery and warned of launching an agitation against the "disrespect to the people's mandate".

In a tweet, Priyanka said, "The BJP is full of arrogance that it is trying to change the decision of the people by reducing the Congress candidate's margin at the counting centre in Gangoh. A BJP minister in Uttar Pradesh has called the DM five times to direct him to reduce the lead. This is an insult to democracy."