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Violence likely before polls

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FILMSTAR-TURNED-POLITICIAN and MP from Agra Raj Babbar apprehends violence in the State before the SP-led governments term ends next year.

Addressing a Press conference here on Wednesday, Babbar, who launched a new political outfit, the Jan Morcha, after his expulsion from the SP, predicted there would be a big law and order problem in the State.

Criticising the SP leaders, including Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav for promoting capitalist culture, he said these leaders had deviated from the principles of socialism propagated by the late Dr Ram Manohar Lohia.

Launching a scathing attack on the government, he said there was no law and order in the State.

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