New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- investigate, don't intimidate": Congress's Jairam Ramesh hit back at Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, over the poll body's press conference on Rahul Gandhi's "vote theft" claims.

The Congress MP claimed that it is for the first time that "new" ECI was speaking instead of "planted sources".

Jairam Ramesh's comments come after CEC Gyanesh Kumar rebuked Rahul Gandhi over his 'vote chori' allegation and asked him to either sign an affidavit or apologise to the nation for his remarks, which he described as an 'insult' to the Constitution of India.

The CEC maed the comments while addressing a press conference in New Delhi, on Sunday, countering the recent "vote theft" allegations on ECI and the Special Intens...