'ELECTION NOT FAIR': Opposition rejects credibility of Bihar verdict

After the results of the Bihar Assembly elections, the Opposition mounted a fierce attack on the Election Commission and the BJP-led NDA, alleging “vote chori on a gigantic scale” and describing the verdict as the outcome of an election that was neither free nor fair.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

Leaders across the INDIA bloc called the mandate “surprising’, “unnatural’, and ‘tainted by collusion’, while simultaneously urging introspection within their own ranks.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was among the first to react, saying the Mahagathbandhan “could not achieve victory in such an election that was not fair from the very beginning”.

In a post on X, he expressed gratitude to voters who backed the alliance but asserted that the larger outcome raised fundamental questions. “This fight is for the protection of the Constitution and democracy,” he wrote, reiterating that the Congress and the INDIA bloc rejects credibility of bihar verdict would conduct an in-depth review and make more effective efforts to "save democracy".