Rajeev Chandrasekhar accuses Shashi Tharoor of defamation, sends legal notice

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has sent a legal notice to Shashi Tharoor, accusing the Congress MP of making defamatory statements against him on a TV channel recently.

Mr. Chandrasekhar, who is facing off against Mr. Tharoor in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency for the April 26 polls, has alleged that the Congress leader disseminated “patently false information” regarding bribing of key voters and influential figures such as parish priests, among others, by the BJP candidate.

The Congress MP’s statements were also in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

The notice further claimed the statements were also targeted at injuring the BJP leader’s election campaign and benefitting Mr. Tharoor in the elections.