India, Sept. 18 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday termed the vote theft allegations by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as "baseless and incorrect".

ECI's response to Gandhi came after the latter alleged the mass deletion of voters from Congress strongholds in Karnataka's Aland constituency during the 2023 state assembly polls using the identity of local voters.

The leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha had accused the poll body of shielding "vote chors" and protecting "people who are destroying Indian democracy."

Responding to his charges, the poll body said, "Allegations made by Rahul Gandhi are incorrect and baseless. No deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public, as misconceived by Gandhi. N...