India, Aug. 18 -- As the INDIA bloc got together on Monday to press again its charges of irregularities by the Election Commission, the question of whether the Opposition would boycott upcoming polls, such as in Bihar, came up.

To this, Manoj Kumar Jha of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) responded: "You have to see the context in which (RJD leader) Tejashwi Yadav mentioned a possible boycott. We are following all the steps before any extreme step. We have already gone to the EC, and it has been stubborn so far."

He added that the EC "heard us out, but did not listen to us".

Moving to the specific question of a boycott of elections, he said, "We do as the public wants. We so far have hope from the Supreme Court. We also hope the EC wants ...