Congress President Rahul Gandhi took a jab on the Election Commission just as the Lok Sabha Polls ended  on Sunday, alleging that it had yielded to the ruling BJP despite having the constitutional responsibilityof providing a level playing field to all political parties.

"From electoral bonds and EVMs to manipulating the election schedule, NaMo TV, Modi's Army & now the drama in Kedarnath; the Election Commission's capitulation before Mr. Modi & his gang is obvious to all Indians. The EC used to be feared & respected. Not anymore," Rahul Gandhi tweeted.

The poll body also is struggling with internal rift as Election Commissioner Lavasa recuses himself from attending any further meeting till dissent is recorded in clean chits given to PM Modi.

Through the course of the elections, many opposition leaders-including All India Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president Chandrababu Naidu and Rahul Gandhi himself -accused the poll body of going easy on the BJP. It was also accused of giving clean chits to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah despite "irrefutable evidence" of poll code violations.

Soon after Rahul Gandhi's tweet emerged, Congress leader P Chidambaram hit the social media platform to air hisgrievances against the poll body too. "Our charge had been that the Election Commission was sleeping on the job. Now, we can go further and say that it completely surrendered its independence and authority. Shame!" he tweeted.

The seventh and the final phase of voting concluded on May 19, 2019 and the results for all the constituencies will be announced on May 23, 2019.