Arrah, Bihar: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered toffees to Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers who waved black flags at him over Congress workers’ alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during a Mahagathbandhan event.

The incident triggered a political storm in poll-bound Bihar after some Congress workers were accused of using abusive language against the Prime Minister and his late mother during Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra. The BJP lodged an FIR at Kotwali Police Station in Patna and demanded an apology from the Congress leader.

Later, addressing the gathering, Rahul Gandhi attacked the NDA government over the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. He accused the BJP, the RSS, and the Election Commission of indulging in “vote chori” across the country.

Addressing a public rally during the Congress's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Arrah, the district headquarters of Bhojpur, Gandhi claimed that the electoral roll revision was an "attack on the Constitution and the democratic system of the country".

"The BJP, the RSS and the EC are indulging in 'vote chori' (stealing of votes) in the country," he alleged.

The 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' that started from Bihar will become a "country-wide movement against stealing of votes of people", he said.

"The NDA government succeeded in stealing votes in Maharashtra and other parts of the country. But we will not allow the BJP and the EC to steal even a single vote in Bihar," Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, claimed.

"Voting is the right of Dalits, minorities and women, but the Narendra Modi government steals votes to win polls," he alleged.

The right to vote has been guaranteed by the Constitution of India, he said.

Holding a copy of the Constitution in his hand, he accused the BJP of "attacking it by stripping people of their right to vote".