New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- At the backdrop of several allegations leveled against the Election Commission of India (ECI) by Opposition parties, the ruling BJP on Wednesday trained its guns at the Congress over its vote theft allegations, claiming that its towering leader Sonia Gandhi's name appeared on the electoral rolls in 1980, three years before she became an Indian citizen in 1983.

The BJP claimed irregularities in voter registration in Rae Bareli, Wayanad, Diamond Harbour and Kannauj parliamentary seats and asked Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Abhishek Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav to resign as Lok Sabha MPs, alleging they secured victory with vote theft. The BJP accused the Congress and other Opposition parties of running a campaig...