New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting those who "destroyed democracy" and cited data from a Karnataka Assembly constituency to claim that votes of Congress supporters were systematically deleted ahead of elections.

Rahul Gandhi cited details of alleged attempts to delete votes from Karnataka's Aland constituency in the run up to the 2023 assembly polls. He also gave the example of Maharashtra's Rajura constituency where he claimed voters were added in a fraudulent manner using automated software.

"Same system is doing this. It is doing it in Karnataka, Maharashtra, it has done it Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and we have proof of it," the leader of oppos...