Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) electoral defeats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency of Varanasi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) stronghold of Nagpur have added a new dimension to the debate over electoral transparency. The results have gained political significance amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of vote theft and the INDIA bloc’s continuing criticism of the Election Commission.