New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa has said the Election Commission being mired in controversies was unprecedented. Lavasa advised the poll panel regain public trust, drawing a cricket analogy to warn that a team's victory would be questioned "if people feel the umpire was not neutral".

The remarks come amid a united protests by opposition INDIA bloc over the past few days against alleged 'vote chori' and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The protsts came after an Indian Express report said Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected on record at leas...