Hyderabad, Nov. 7 -- Accusing the ruling Congress party of planning mass rigging in the by-election to Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency here, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Thursday sought the intervention of the Election Commission of India to ensure a free and fair election.

The BRS demanded the deployment of central forces throughout the constituency for the November 11 bypoll. It urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to install CCTV cameras and live webcasting systems in all polling stations under central monitoring.

In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, BRS parliamentary party leader K. R. Suresh Reddy sought deployment of central forces and preventive measures against mass rigging, fake identity card creat...