cable to the President of India, V.V. Giri, who was at Kiev [Soviet Union] requesting him not to Sign any order for 'The President's Rule' in U.P. till his return to India''. • However B. Gopala Reddy asked Charan Singh to resign by the evening of September 28, 1970 and President V.V. Giri signed a proclamation taking over the administration of UP and suspended the State Assembly on October I, 1970*