Mumbai, Aug. 11 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Kadam on Monday said that Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was trying to defame the Election Commission (EC), which the Ghatkopar West MLA said was "urban naxalism."

"You are trying to defame EC, which is a parliamentary institution, according to our democracy. When someone deliberately attempts to do this, it is called urban naxalism. You are indirectly trying to support them," Kadam, MLA from the Ghatkopar West Vidhan Sabha constituency, told ANI.

He further criticised Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for failing to share the "foolproof information" regarding alleged vote theft with the Election Commission. He accused Rahul Gandhi of "peddling...