NEW DELHI: Amid Opposition protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission (EC) in Bihar, Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made sensational claims, saying that an "election theft" is ongoing in the country.

"Hindustan mein election chori kiye jaa rahe hai (Election/Votes are being stolen in India)," Gandhi told reporters here.

The Lok Sabha LoP was responding to a question about 52 lakh voters being removed from the voter list in Bihar amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Gandhi stated that they cheated in Maharashtra, and when asked to clarify, the constitutional body refused to show them videos by changing the rules.

"This is not only about 52 lakh votes or about Bihar. They cheated in Maharashtra. We requested that the Election Commission show us the voters' list. They didn't show us that. We said, 'Show us the video. ' They changed the rules. They stole the elections. Maharashtra had one crore new voters," the Congress MP said.

Gandhi alleged that the Election Commission has been attempting to overhaul the entire system in Bihar by revising the voters' list, ever since they realised that the opposition had uncovered the "game" behind the sudden emergence of new votes.

"In Karnataka, we have caught them cheating. I will show you and the election commission. They have realised that we have understood their game. Regarding the Lok Sabha elections, we selected one constituency and conducted a deep dive. It took us six months to understand their system: how it works, who votes and where, and how new voters are introduced. Now they are trying to change the entire system in Bihar," he added.

Amid the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament, the opposition leaders have been demanding that the Prime Minister address both houses and the nation on crucial issues, including the ghastly Pahalgam terror attack and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being carried out by the Election Commission in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.

The opposition has also demanded that PM Modi respond to the repeated claims made by US President Donald Trump of initiating "ceasefire" between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore submitted an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the voters' list revision being carried out by the EC in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.

In his notice, Tagore labelled the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise as "dangerous and unconstitutional". He accused the Narendra Modi government of "using" the election commission to "disenfranchise the poor and the marginalised communities in Bihar".