Coming down hard on the AkhileshYadav government for the Badaun gang rape case, BSP supremo Mayawati today said transferring and suspending officers will not help and the SP government needs to tighten the noose around its own party men.

Reiterating her demand for imposition of President's rulein the state, she said, "If the state government is unable to control the situation then in the interest of the people it should relinquish power. Otherwise we again request the Governor to recommend President rule," she said.

Mayawati said that Centre should also take an initiative in this direction, otherwise the people of the state would not forgive BJP along with the SP. The BSP chief was talking to reporters before leaving for Badaun to meet the family members of two cousin Dalit girls,who were gang-raped and later hanged.

"Only transferring and suspending officers will not improve the situation. They have to tighten the noose around their own party people," she said.

While referring to SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's statement on capital punishment in rape cases, the BSP supremo alleged, "It is the result of extending wrong support to saverape accused that his own party men are committing such incidents in which the police is also involved."