New Delhi, July 11 -- Congress on Friday held a massive 'Samvidhan Bachao' rally in Odisha's Bhubaneswar while targeting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over various issues, including the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being carried out by the Election Commission (EC) in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to being defensive while attacking the opposition party, labelling Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi as "a misleader and habitual liar" for questioning the integrity of the EC. The ruling party leaders also called the Samvidhan Bachao rally "political tourism".

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge called the BJP "chori ki sarkar, choron ...