New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday criticised Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the INDIA Bloc's protest against the Election Commission, saying that the Congress MP should not mislead people or "malign" the poll panel.

Speaking in Delhi, Athawale said, "I feel it is not right for Rahul Gandhi to mislead people. It is not right for Rahul Gandhi to spread anarchy in the country by staging such protests, nor is it right to malign the Election Commission."

"I feel there should be no politics over this issue," he added.

Athawale's remarks came on a day when several INDIA Bloc leaders and MPs marched from the Parliament area towards the Election Commission headquarters in New Delhi, dema...