India, June 8 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations against the Election Commission and demand for full public disclosure of key poll data related to the Maharashtra assembly elections have drawn flak from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday slammed Gandhi for his allegations of election rigging in the state and said that he is "troubled by electoral defeats".

"Rahul Gandhi is troubled by electoral defeats. With these defeats, he keeps making such allegations to hide his own performance and the performance of his party," Bawankule told news agency ANI.

Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi escalated his attack on the poll body, saying it gave an "evasive" response to serious concern...