India, June 24 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stepped up his accusations against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the alleged "rigging" of Maharasthra Assembly elections, questioning its silence on the matter, even as officials of the poll body said it had written to Gandhi for a meeting to discuss all issues pertaining to polling but there was no response from him.

The leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha put out a fresh post on X based on an article by a news website about the lack of mandatory checks in the increase in electors in Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' constituency.

"In Maharashtra, CM's own constituency, the voter list grew by 8% in just 5 months. Some booths saw a 20-50% surge. BLOs (boot...