The Election Commission is “compromised”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged at an event in the US as he attacked the poll panel citing turnout figures in the Maharashtra election, drawing a strong reaction from the BJP which called him a “traitor”.

Gandhi noted that he had been raising the issue earlier also and alleged that “there is something wrong with the system”. However, the BJP linked his criticism to the ED’s action in the National Herald case, alleging he had not only “insulted” the country’s institutions on foreign soil but had also indulged in corruption. Gandhi arrived in the US on Saturday and made the remarks at an event in Boston on Sunday.