India, Aug. 24 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday attacked the Election Commission of India (EC), saying that he had been talking about 'vote theft' since 2016.

Thackeray said that the EC should have conducted a probe into the 'vote theft' allegations, as both Congress MP and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur alleged voter list fraud.

He warned his party's local office bearers that they should carefully scrutinise the voter list ahead of the upcoming civic body polls in Maharashtra.

"Our candidates got defeated not because they did not get votes, but because the votes cast for them never reached them. Therefore, if we want success, ...