New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said on Monday that the the Election Commission could have handled things differently amid the oppostion protest over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and allegations of vote theft.

"What he (Rahul Gandhi) has said is true, and my statement is also the same. I don't know what the government is afraid of. This is a peaceful demonstration by VVIPs," Mallikarjun Kharge said, participating in the INDIA bloc MPs' march from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters here to protest over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar and allegations of "voter fraud" in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

"The Election Commission could have han...