Rahul alleges Bihar polls to be 'fixed like Maha'

The Congress leader targets EC after it rejects rigging charge

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed Saturday that the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections were a “blueprint for rigging democracy” and alleged this “match-fixing” would next happen in Bihar, even as the Election Commission rejected the charge saying defaming the poll panel after an unfavourable verdict is absolutely absurd.

The BJP also hit out at Gandhi over the allegations with party chief JP Nadda accusing the Congress leader of cooking up “bizarre conspiracies” and “fake narratives” out of desperation after losing a series of elections.

As the two rival parties and EC sparred over the issue, Gandhi again hit out at the poll panel after sources in the Commission debunked his charges, saying evasion would not protect its credibility but telling the truth would.

Gandhi made the allegations related to Maharashtra polls in an article published in several newspapers and later in his posts on X.