Mumbai, March 15 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday took a jibe at the Election Commission of India, calling it an extended branch of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).

During a press conference held in Mumbai, he said that the press conference of the ECI for the announcement of poll dates for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Puducherry might be held at the BJP office, citing that the ECI works for the BJP.

"I don't know where the Election Commission's press conference will be held. Perhaps at the BJP office. The Election Commission today is an extended branch of the BJP. We do not trust this Election Commission. These are people who work for the BJP," he said.

Meanwhile, the Electio...