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Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP, Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission of India (EC), alleging its indulgence in "vote chori" for the BJP, and claimed of having "open and shut" evidence to prove it.

He linked the evidence of the alleged poll irregularities to an "atom bomb", adding that when it explodes, the EC will have no place to hide in the country.

Gandhi spoke to the media in the Parliament House complex, saying, "I have said 'vote chori' is happening and now we have open and shut proof that the Election Commission is involved in vote chori."

He added, "I am not saying this lightly. I am saying this with 100 per cent proof. As soon as we release it the whole country would know that EC is indulging in 'vote chori'. It is doing it for the BJP".

According to Gandhi, his party is suspicious of election irregularities in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, which were held in 2023, followed by the Lok Sabha polls, and this went further in Maharashtra. Gandhi said that an investigation was conducted for six months after which the evidence was found.

"We believe that vote theft has happened at the state level (in Maharashtra). Voter revision had happened and crore voters were added. Then we went into detail seeing that the EC is not helping and decided to dig deep into this," he said.

"We got our own investigation done, it took six months and what we have found is an atom bomb. When it explodes, the EC would have no place to hide in the country," Gandhi said.

The Gandhi scion warned that those involved in this, right from the top to the bottom, would not be spared as they are "working against India". "This is treason, nothing less than that. You may be retired, you may be anywhere, we will find you," Gandhi said.

EC responds

The poll body termed the allegations of vote theft baseless and urged all officials to ignore the 'irresponsible' statements.

EC said, "Election Commission ignores such baseless allegations being made on a daily basis and despite threats being given daily, asks all election officials to ignore such irresponsible statements while working impartially and transparently."

(With PTI Inputs)