NEW DELHI: Coming out in support of the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha on his alleged "vote theft" claims, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that the questions raised by Rahul Gandhi needed to be "seriously addressed."
"These are serious questions which must be seriously addressed in the interests of all parties & all voters," the Thiruvananthapuram MP said while sharing the fellow party leader Rahul Gandhi's video explaining how "Bangalore central Lok Sabha seat was stolen".
Tharoor further said, "Our democracy is too precious to allow its credibility to be destroyed by incompetence, carelessness or worse, deliberate tampering. Election Commission must urgently act & should keep the nation informed."
Also read: Rahul Gandhi shows 5 ways 'votes were stolen'; gives 'proof'
Tharoor’s comments signaled a change in tone, following several months in which his statements, including praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and criticism of the Emergency period, imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, had drawn criticism from within the Congress and were used by the BJP to target the grand old party.
Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, also made explosive claims of a "huge criminal fraud" in polls through collusion between the BJP and the Election Commission.
Alleging that a "vote chori model" was being used in many constituencies across the country, Gandhi said that the judiciary needs to get involved in this because "the democracy that we love so much, does not exist anymore".
Also read: 1 lakh fake voters in Karnataka seat that BJP swept in 2024, says Rahul Gandhi
He claimed that there was "vote chori" (stealing of votes) of 1,00,250 votes in the Mahadevapura segment, with 11,965 duplicate voters, 40,009 voters with fake and invalid addresses, 10,452 bulk voters or single address voters, 4,132 voters with invalid photos and 33,692 misusing Form 6 of new voters
"These are serious questions which must be seriously addressed in the interests of all parties & all voters," the Thiruvananthapuram MP said while sharing the fellow party leader Rahul Gandhi's video explaining how "Bangalore central Lok Sabha seat was stolen".
Tharoor further said, "Our democracy is too precious to allow its credibility to be destroyed by incompetence, carelessness or worse, deliberate tampering. Election Commission must urgently act & should keep the nation informed."
Shashi Tharoor expressed support after Rahul Gandhi, in a press conference on Thursday, shared what he described as "concrete evidence" of large-scale electoral manipulation , alleging that the Election Commission collaborated with the BJP to ensure the ruling party’s win.These are serious questions which must be seriously addressed in the interests of all parties & all voters. Our democracy is too precious to allow its credibility to be destroyed by incompetence, carelessness or worse, deliberate tampering. @ECISVEEP must urgently act &… https://t.co/RvKd4mSkae
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 8, 2025
Also read: Rahul Gandhi shows 5 ways 'votes were stolen'; gives 'proof'
Tharoor’s comments signaled a change in tone, following several months in which his statements, including praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and criticism of the Emergency period, imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, had drawn criticism from within the Congress and were used by the BJP to target the grand old party.
Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, also made explosive claims of a "huge criminal fraud" in polls through collusion between the BJP and the Election Commission.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) August 8, 2025
BJP और चुनाव आयोग pic.twitter.com/gArX6xbW7P
Alleging that a "vote chori model" was being used in many constituencies across the country, Gandhi said that the judiciary needs to get involved in this because "the democracy that we love so much, does not exist anymore".
Also read: 1 lakh fake voters in Karnataka seat that BJP swept in 2024, says Rahul Gandhi
He claimed that there was "vote chori" (stealing of votes) of 1,00,250 votes in the Mahadevapura segment, with 11,965 duplicate voters, 40,009 voters with fake and invalid addresses, 10,452 bulk voters or single address voters, 4,132 voters with invalid photos and 33,692 misusing Form 6 of new voters
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