India, Aug. 17 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegation of "vote chori", terming it as a "baseless" charge that misleads the public and undermines faith in the Constitution.

"Produce evidence of voter fraud or withdraw your remarks. There is no third option," Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said at a press conference in Delhi, giving Gandhi a one-week deadline and asserting that the poll body would not be cowed by political attacks

The press conference -first since the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls was ordered- was also attended by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.

"When politics is being...