Shashi Tharoor Alleges "Damning" Evidence Of Rigging In Congress Election
Shashi Tharoor’s rival in the contest is veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge, seen to be “Gandhi-approved”. New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor today alleged “extremely serious irregularities” as votes were counted two days after the Congress held a milestone election, the first in over 20 years, and one in which no Gandhi was in the race. Hours after his team’s letter flagging alleged violations surfaced, Mr Tharoor said he would like to “move on” and that it was “unfortunate that a strictly internal letter’ was leaked. Soon after counting began, Shashi Tharoor's team alleged that there were several "issues". Soon after counting began, Mr Tharoor’s team alleged that there were “disturbing facts” in the election process in Uttar Pradesh and demanded that votes in the state be cancelled. “We did not contest this election to accept business as usual,” said team Tharoor. Salman Soz, representing Mr Tharoor’s team, later said they had been “assured of a fair inquiry” had had agreed that...