New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday that he has "absolute solid claim" that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is "protecting vote chors."

"The Chief Election Commissioner of India is protecting the people who have destroyed Indian democracy," Rahul Gandhi said at a press conference.

Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has time and again accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "vote theft".

Rahul Gandhi alleged that in the Aland constituency of Karnataka, "somebody tried to delete 6,018 votes".

The Congress MP said, "In Aland, 6,018 applications were filed, impersonating voters. The people who allegedly filed these applications never actually filed th...