India, Aug. 1 -- The Election Commission of India on Friday responded to the 'voter theft' accusations levelled by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that the poll body "ignores such baseless allegations".

Amid escalating tensions over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, Gandhi claimed that an independent probe by the Opposition has revealed that the ECI is allegedly involved in a massive "vote theft" to benefit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"We have open and shut proof that the Election Commission is involved in vote theft. Most importantly, whoever in the Elections Commission is involved in this exercise, right from top to bottom, we will not spare you," the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sa...