Shimla, May 6 -- Following the announcement of assembly election results in five states, Congress leader and MLA Kuldeep Rathore on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP and the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging large-scale manipulation of voter lists in the states.

The BJP recorded landslide victories in West Bengal and Assam, while the NDA led by the NR Congress in Puducherry was re-elected to power. In Kerala, Congress-led UDF won with 102 seats, while TVK emerged as the single-largest party in Tamil Nadu with 108 seats in the debut polls.

Congress leader Rathore accused the ruling dispensation of allegedly "misusing institutions" to influence the electoral outcome.

Addressing a press conference in Shimla, Rathore...