New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- As many as 272 eminent citizens, including several retired judges, bureaucrats, and armed forces officers, wrote an open letter on Tuesday, condemning Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, over his alleged attempts to tarnish constitutional bodies like the Election Commission of India.

Sixteen former judges, 123 retired bureaucrats and 133 retired armed forces officers called out Rahul Gandhi over his "scathing accusations" of "vote theft" against the Election Commission and also slammed the Opposition's "blistering rhetoric against SIR [Special Intensive Revision]."

In a letter titled 'Assault on National Constitutional Authorities', the former government officials expressed grave concern th...