New Delhi, June 25 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said it had formally responded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations of "industrial-scale rigging" in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls, adding it was willing to meet the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha in person to discuss all issues. ECI sent a letter to Gandhi on June 12 in response to his allegations in a newspaper article, saying that all elections are held strictly as per laws. Gandhi was yet to respond to the EC's letter, people aware of the matter said. "We presume that any issue regarding the conduct of elections would have already been raised through election petitions filed in the competent court of law (Bombay high court) by the INC (Congress) candidates," EC said in its June 12 letter, titled "Invitation for an interaction with the Commission". The poll body said the election process is conducted in a decentralised manner at the assembly constituency level, which involved over 100,186 booth-level officers, 288 electoral registration officers, 139 general observers, 41 police observers, 71 expenditure observers and 288 returning officers appointed by ECI. Moreover, 108,026 booth-level agents are appointed by national and state political parties, the letter added. "However, if you still have any issues, you are welcome to write to us and the Commission is also willing to meet you in person," it wrote to Gandhi....