Pune, June 24 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday slammed Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his repeated allegations of "election rigging" in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, terming it as "unfortunate".

Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde suggested that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should approach the Election Commission or the courts, instead of "confusing people" with repeated allegations.

"Rahul Gandhi repeatedly makes such allegations... The Election Commission has summoned him. If he has any problem, he should go to the Election Commission or the court. It is wrong to make such allegations repeatedly. This is unfortunate. He did not make such allegations when ...