Bengaluru, Aug. 18 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah on Monday said that the Election Commission of India did not address concerns regarding "electoral manipulation" raised by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, which only strengthens "suspicions" about the activities of the poll body.

In a post on X, CM Siddaramiah said, "The Election Commission of India (ECI) finally spoke - not out of duty, but because the Congress, the INDIA Alliance, the civil society, and even the Supreme Court forced it to. And when it did, the mask slipped."

"Instead of behaving like an impartial referee, the @ECISVEEP looked like it was reading straight from the BJP's script. Yesterday's press conference didn't answer questions raised by LoP Shri @RahulGandhi -...