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Rajnath dares Rahul to explode "bomb of allegations" against EC if he has concrete proof

Patna, Aug 2 (UNI) Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh today dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to explode "bomb of allegations" soon against functioning of Election Commission, if he had concrete proof as being claimed by him.
Singh while addressing function organised by a leading Hindi daily here, said that Gandhi was in habit of making false and baseless allegations against Election Commission on its functioning. Gandhi had recently claimed that he had bomb of allegations against Election Commission on its functioning, he added.
" If Gandhi has really a bomb of allegations against the Commission on its functioning, with concrete proof, then he should explode it soon without any further delay", Union Minister said adding that misleading the people against Election Commission in democratic structure, was not good. Gandhi had been making one baseless allegation after the other, without giving concrete evidence, just to mislead the people and create confusion, he added.
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