Dehradun, Aug. 14 -- Congress spokesperson Dr Pratima Singh today accused the ruling BJP of misusing money and muscle power to seize power in the three-tier panchayat elections. In a statement issued today, she claimed that while the rural voters of the state completely rejected the BJP by voting against their supported candidates in all districts, the BJP is still trying to capture the posts of Zila Panchayat Presidents and Kshetra Panchayat Pramukhs through all kinds of fair and unfair means by using money and power.

Singh claimed that the most glaring example of this is the inducement of the Zila Panchayat member who defeated the wife of current Lansdowne MLA Dilip Rawat to join their party. Not only this, in districts where BJP suppo...