Washim, Aug. 8 -- Amid political chaos over the allegations of "vote theft" against the Election Commission (EC), Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) or NCP SP MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday said that people are thinking that the EC is an extended department of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"With proof, Rahul Gandhi highlighted a lot of things about the Election Commission yesterday, and people are now thinking that the Election Commission is an extended department of the BJP," Pawar told reporters here.

The NCP SP MLA said that many people had raised objections to the election process following the results of the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections.

Pawar claimed that those who were elected as MLAs were also "surprised" by...