New Delhi, June 10 -- Congress party's general secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal said on Monday that after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defended the Election Commission of India (ECI), after Congress raised allegations of "match fixing" in the Maharashtra assembly elections, has only "confirmed people's suspicions."

"BJP top brass coming out in its defence only confirmed the people's suspicions of match fixing between BJP and the ECI," Venugopal said.

Venugopal also took a jibe at ECI for realising that their "rock-bottom credibility" can only be salvaged by acceding to the opposition's demands.

"It is good that the ECI realised that its rock-bottom credibility will not be salvaged by issuing anonymous, unsigned letters - but ...