Patna, Sept. 1 -- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) MLA Jitendra Awhad on Monday alleged that the Election Commission has become a "mere puppet" and accused the BJP of sitting in power by stealing votes.

"We will have to make the people aware that they are sitting in power, by stealing votes in Haryana, Maharashtra and the nation," Awhad told ANI in Patna.

"They are ending democracy, and the Election Commission of India and the Chief Election Commissioner have become mere puppets," he added.

Asked about the alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar, he said: "I don't think that any wrong words were used against P...