Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday launched a scathing attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging "vote theft".
"With proof, Rahul Gandhi highlighted a lot of things about the Election Commission yesterday, and people are now thinking that the Election Commission is an extended department of the BJP," Pawar told reporters here.
Reiterating his 'vote theft' allegation targeting the BJP and the Election Commission of India (EC), Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday demanded that the EC should provide immediately the voter lists and video recordings from the last 10 years.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday asked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to sign the declaration by Chief Electoral Officers of Maharashtra and Karnataka or apologise for his "absurd" allegations, sources said.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday slammed the Election Commission after Maharashtra and Karnataka Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) asked Rahul Gandhi to sign the affidavits for his "vote theft" claim.
Under the leadership of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress party is set to hold a massive protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Friday, opposing alleged irregularities in the voter list.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his "vote theft" claim and alleged that Congress had won elections by stealing votes, looting, booth capturing, and thuggery.
Doubling down on his 'vote theft' claim, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that times would change and punishment would surely be meted out to those who were involved in the "scam".
Terming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "vote theft" allegations concerning Election Commission as "childish", Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske on Thursday said that allegations are being levelled as Congress has lost a string of elections.
Fadnavis was responding to Rahul Gandhi's recent remark putting "vote theft" allegations on the Election Commission of India (ECI) and said there has been no vote theft in Maharashtra or India.