Rohtak, Dec. 9 -- Alleging rigging in the Haryana assembly elections last year, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday alleged that "impartiality wasn't ensured" in the elections so the Congress had been demanding voting through ballot papers.

Addressing a press conference at his residence in Rohtak, Hooda said, "Rahul Gandhi has presented evidence to prove rigging. When Haryana went to polls, the voting percentage stood at 61.19%. On the eve of counting, the voting percentage had increased to 67.9%. The vote percentage kept increasing every day after the voting. The Election Commission should answer how that happened," Hooda said.

He alleged collusion between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the BJP. "T...