BJP would remove criminals from UP: Kalyan Singh

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) BJP Chief Ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh today said banking upon a three-point formula, his party was confident of ridding the state of criminal elements in 30 days.

Speaking to newspersons here, Mr Singh, who has been the state Chief Minister twice, said the criminal mafia and land sharks, who have been having a good time in the state, will be given three options -- ''go to jail, get out of the state or go to heaven or hell''.

This formula worked in the past and the people fondly remember the ''good old'' days, he said.

Recommending President's rule for holding free and fair elections in the state, he said the Election Commission should revise the voters' list and proper security arrangements should also be made.

''The people have had all the three governments -- BJP, BSP and SP, nobody was secure under SP and BSP and now people are eager to revert to the BJP,'' Mr Singh said.

Asserting that the BJP would go it alone and would win 'more than the requisite majority' in the 402-member assembly in the upcoming elections, he said people were looking for a good alternative and BSP Chief Mayawati cannot be the one.

The BJP after its recent successes in the urban local bodies had become the focal point for the people, he added.

He said the BJP could not afford to strike any alliance after its past bitter experiences with the various parties.

''Our party should contest on its own and draw support from the people,'' he said, adding his party was well prepared to face the elections.

The BJP would be ready with its list of candidates by the end of this month and would have ''neat and clean'' persons as party nominees, he said.

''Our effort would be to accommodate one woman candidate in each district,'' he said, adding the BJP was now very much in the centerstage after the local bodies elections.

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