New Delhi, July 17 - A group of lawyers Friday urged the Election Commission to freeze the election symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and disqualify its chief, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, from contesting elections, as they accused her of violating the model of code of conduct by installing her statues in Lucknow.

'We want the Uttar Pradesh chief minister to be disqualified as she is installing her statues and those her party symbol (elephant) in public parks. Her party symbol should also be changed,' Ravi Kant, a Supreme Court lawyer flanked by his colleagues, told reporters here.

'The installation of statues could influence the voters and this is clearly the violation of the model code of conduct,' he said.

Ravi Kant in July filed a lawsuit in the apex court against Mayawati, accusing her of wasting public money by installing statues largely of herself and her political mentor Kanshi Ram.

But the apex court had rejected the demand that Mayawati be restrained in her spree of erecting statues.