India, July 25 -- Sarvodaya leader Jayaprakash Narayan on June 25, 1975, held a massive rally at Delhi's Ramlila Ground, intensifying his campaign against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and urging Supreme Court Chief Justice AN Ray not to hear her appeal against the Allahabad high court verdict convicting her of electoral malpractice.

"We do not question his abilities as a judge nor doubt his impartiality. We have not given up our faith in him. But the fact remains that he was appointed Chief Justice after three judges senior to him were superseded. His judgment, therefore, in Mrs Gandhi's case is bound to be doubted," he said.

Mr Narayan, who missed the Janata Morcha rally on Sunday, spoke to a crowd almost equal in size. It was signific...