New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Monday slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre, calling it a "dictator" over the detention of scores of INDIA bloc MPs, both from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha for protesting against the Election Commission (EC) amid allegations of "vote theft."

"With the emergence of all the facts, the BJP has become a dictator. I don't recall a time when 300 MPs were detained like this before. This is embarrassing and a dark time for democracy," Tiwari told ANI.

Meanwhile, Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat hit out at the ECI, labelling it as an "extension office" of the ruling BJP.

He said that the EC's invitation for a meeting comes as they have been caught red-handed.

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