India, June 21 -- The Election Commission on Saturday reacted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's demand for the release of CCTV footage of polling booths in the Maharashtra assembly election, saying the remark was "politically motivated".

ECI sources told HT that the call for the public release of such footage may be politically motivated, aimed at harassing or profiling voters, especially in booths where a party performs poorly.

The remarks from the poll body come just hours after Rahul Gandhi accused the ECI of "deleting evidence" after it instructed officials to 'destroy' CCTV, webcasting and video footage of the elections after 45 days.

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