India, Aug. 8 -- The Election Commission on Friday slammed Rahul Gandhi over his allegations regarding voter fraud in collusion with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), calling them 'baseless' and said the Congress leader must apologise to the nation.

The panel said the Congress had "tried to mislead the Supreme Court" in 2018, referring to a petition by ex-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath over mistakes in the state roll.

"Now, in 2025, they (the Congress), being aware that the same trick cannot be played in the court, tried to mislead the people by claiming irregularities in the electoral rolls... that same names are occurring at different places," the Election Commission said in a post on X.

The poll panel cited one example - a...