Rahul Gandhi alleges BJP-ECI Nexus in party splits, says 'Party Theft' reflects democratic decline

New Delhi, Sep 18 (UNI) Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India of acting in concert to engineer splits in political parties and deprive them of their election symbols, calling it a pattern that threatens India's democratic system. In a post on X, Gandhi cited the disputes involving the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Trinamool Congress to allege a recurring method. "First Shiv Sena, then NCP and now Trinamool Congress," Gandhi said. "Every time, the pattern is the…