Shashi Tharoor Backs Rahul Gandhis Vote Chori Claims, Says These Are Serious Questions

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has stepped into the political firestorm surrounding the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, lending his voice to Rahul Gandhi’s explosive allegations of large-scale electoral fraud. In a bold move that signals a rare moment of alignment within the often-fractured Congress leadership, Tharoor backed Gandhi’s charge of a “criminal conspiracy” involving the BJP and the Election Commission of India.

Gandhi, who currently leads the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, accused the BJP and the poll body of rigging the election results to engineer a victory. Tharoor’s public support, posted on social media Friday, marked a notable shift for the MP who has recently drawn criticism from within his own party for taking independent and sometimes controversial stances.

“These are serious questions which must be seriously addressed in the interests of all parties and all voters,” Tharoor posted on X (formerly Twitter). “Our democracy is too precious to allow its credibility to be destroyed by incompetence, carelessness, or, worse, deliberate tampering.” He urged the Election Commission to respond transparently and restore public trust.