Guwahati, Oct. 2 -- Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday mounted a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central and state governments, raising grave concerns over the autonomy of the Election Commission, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process, widespread eviction drives, and alleged fake encounters in Assam.

Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Bhawan in Guwahati, Khurshid alleged that recent internal decisions in the Election Commission were made unilaterally by the Chief Election Commissioner by overriding the dissent of two fellow commissioners-a matter currently pending before the Supreme Court.

Quoting Rahul Gandhi, Khurshid said, "No matter how high a constitutional...