Chennai, Aug. 17 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader TKS Elangovan on Sunday criticised Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that whenever the opposition raises concerns against the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to its "defence."

He further said that if the ECI is "bungling" with the voter list, then it must answer the "vote theft" allegations made by the opposition parties.

"If the Election Commission is bungling with the voter list, they will have to answer the allegations made by the opposition party...unfortunately, when we make allegations, the BJP comes to their defence...", Elangovan told ANI.

Earlier in the day, refuting the opposition's claims of "vote the...