Lucknow, April 21 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday slammed the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Boston, and said that it has become a habit of the Congress to make "absurd statements" and spoil the atmosphere of the country.

"It means that when Congress wins, the Election Commission is right, and if Congress loses, the Election Commission is wrong. So, it has become a habit of Congress to make absurd statements and to spoil the atmosphere of the country by making absurd statements against the important constitutional institutions of the country, but the public mandate is with the BJP, and we have won," Maurya told ANI.

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