MANGALURU: State Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Saturday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) following the NDA’s landslide victory in Bihar, alleging that the poll body favoured the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He also said that the poll body allowed the BJP to gain an unfair advantage by distributing government funds to voters through schemes.

Speaking to the reporters, Dinesh Gundu Rao said, “We have seen how the Election Commission favours the BJP. They gave the BJP a chance to buy votes with government money… If the BJP contests the election just after giving women Rs 10,000, Rs 20,000, or Rs 30,000 through some scheme, how can that be a fair election? Why hasn’t the Election Commission taken action regarding this?”

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered a hi

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