Rigging charge after loss is absurd: Poll body rubbishes Rahul Gandhi's claim

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday dismissed Rahul Gandhi's claims of last year's Maharashtra Assembly election results being rigged as vague and 'completely absurd', issuing a point-by-point rebuttal to the Congress leader's voter fraud allegations.

"After any unfavourable verdict by the voters, trying to defame the Election Commission by saying that it is compromised is completely absurd," the poll body said in its strongly worded reply.

Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi, while sharing his op-ed in The Indian Express, claimed that the Maharashtra Assembly polls were conducted in a manner that favored the BJP, alleging that the voter lists were inflated with fake voters.