New Delhi, March 26 Will there be divine intervention? Desperate for some good and clean governance, a group of senior citizens in Ranchi, the Jharkhand capital decided to appease the gods for it.

Around 50 people, most of them above the age of 60, performed a 'yagna' or fire ritual in Ranchi, praying for good political representatives in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In the backdrop loomed a picture of US President Barack Obama.

'We are fed up with the nature of politics in our country. Candidates with criminal backgrounds and those involved in corruption are becoming MPs. We are left with no option but to seek the blessings of god to get good candidates who represent us,' said Mukhtar Singh, president of the Retired Employees Association.

They also took an oath in the name of Mahatma Gandhi that they would not choose candidates with an unsavoury past.