New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Congress MP and Deputy Leader of Opposition Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Monday lambasted the Election Commission of India (ECI) for "evading" accountability and questions being raised by the opposition regarding the "hurried" conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.

Alleging that the EC was operating under officials who remain "biased," Gogoi pointed out that the constitutional body didn't take different political parties into confidence before conducting the SIR drive in Bihar and remained silent on doubts related to the addition of 70 lakh voters within months after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra concluded.

"When the elections to the Bi...