NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday said it prefers to ignore Rahul Gandhi‘s baseless allegations of “vote theft” and has asked all poll officials to continue working in an impartial and transparent manner, unfazed by his repeated threats and “deplorable” statements.In a post on X, the commission said it was unfortunate that Rahul was hurling unfounded allegations at EC and poll officials and repeatedly threatening them through media statements with irresponsible phrases like ‘vote chori’, “over a year after conclusion of the Lok Sabha poll”. He said neither Rahul nor Congress availed of options available under the law, such as appeals against wrongful inclusion or exclusion of electors by the ERO in the final roll or challenging an election by filing an election petition within the stipulated time (45 days after declaration of result).EC said that it had sent a mail to Rahul Gandhi on June 12 after he alleged irregularities in Maharashtra polls, in a newspaper article. He was asked to write to the EC directly or meet the panel, but he did not respond. Interestingly, none of the allegations made by Rahul in his article, or any other grievance of his, has been directly communicated to EC. “It is very strange and deplorable that he is making wild allegations and has now even started threatening EC and its staff,” EC said.In the post on X, the commission underlined that while Rahul Gandhi has been attacking EC over alleged “vote theft” during the Lok Sabha poll in Karnataka, the fact is that the electoral roll was prepared by 31 district election officers, 419 electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant EROs and 58,834 booth level officers (BLOs), with the due involvement of booth level agents appointed by all political parties.