Anantnag, Oct. 11 -- Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday rejected Opposition allegations of "vote theft" and demands for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

Speaking during a visit to South Kashmir's Anantnag district, the Minister took a direct jab at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and questioned the rationale behind the Opposition's protests regarding the electoral system.

Athawale countered the allegations raised by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. "The allegations of vote theft raised by Rahul Gandhi, I have a question for him: from where you are elected, our votes have been stolen? Do we also claim our votes were stolen? We can say that Con...