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The Centre is actively considering the Election Commission8217;s request to bring about an ordinance banning pre-election survey, said Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani while addressing the media on the second and final day of the Bihar leg of his Bharat Uday Yatra today. Advani called upon the gathered public to overthrow the 8216;8216;ineffective and incompetent8217;8217; Rabri Devi government.
He asked them to 8216;8216;use the Lok Sabha elections as an opportunity to warn the state government that it change itself or the public will change it in the next elections8217;8217;. Advani told election rallies at Masaurhi and extremist-hit Jehanabad that the turn out at the rallies reflects people8217;s indignation against the state government which has failed to deliver the goods.
He, however, refused to comment on speculations over the number of seats that the NDA or BJP may get in the elections.
On the issue of imposing President8217;s Rule in Bihar, the Deputy PM said: 8216;8216;Bad governance is not a sufficient condition for using Article 3568230;Whatever we will do, will be as per the Constitutional provisions.8217;8217;
The Deputy Prime Minister also expressed his surprise over the Hurriyat move to boycott the elections but added that they are 8216;8216;under various kinds of pressures8230;Last time when I met them, they did not seem to be moving in this direction,8217;8217; he added.
Responding to a question on whether he considered Congress president Sonia Gandhi an Indian, the Deputy PM said: 8216;8216;We never said she is not an Indian. She is an Indian, but with foreign origin.8217;8217;
