Aurangabad/Gaya, Aug. 18 -- Launching a blistering attack on the Election Commission, accusing it of facilitating "vote theft" through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said that such irregularities undermine the spirit of the Constitution and vowed that the people of Bihar would give a befitting reply in the upcoming elections.

Addressing a massive gathering in Gaya as part of his Voter Rights Yatra, Gandhi holding a copy of the Constitution said that stealing votes was against the soul of the Constitution.

The Election Commission was carrying it out, and those officials who violate the Constitution will face action once the government changes, he asserted saying that ...