16 November,2025 08:42 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Rahul Gandhi
A day after facing a severe drubbing in Bihar, the Congress on Saturday questioned the role of the Election Commission in the poll process while its top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, went into a huddle to discuss the poll outcome. Kharge and Gandhi were joined by AICC general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, sources said. The party won only six of the 61 seats it contested, its second-worst show in the state after 2010, when it won only four seats.
When asked about the Bihar poll outcome, Venugopal sought to put the entire blame on the EC, alleging that the entire poll process is questionable and there is no transparency. "This result that has come from Bihar is unbelievable for all of us. This is not only for Congress. The entire Bihar people are not believing it and also our alliance partners," Venugopal said. "We are doing a thorough analysis; we are collecting data from across Bihar. Within one or two weeks, we will come out with concrete proof," he said.
On Friday, Gandhi said the election was not fair from the very beginning, and that is why the party could not achieve anything much. The Congress had also claimed that the election results in Bihar without doubt reflect "vote chori on a gigantic scale masterminded by the PM, the HM, and the Election Commission".
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