Congress slams Shashi Tharoor for being 'two-faced' during party polls

Congress central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Thursday slammed senior leader Shashi Tharoor for claiming there were irregularities in conduct of the recently held party elections.

Tharoor unsuccessfully contested the polls for the top post in the party against Mallikarjun Kharge.

"We accommodated your request & despite that you went to media alleging Central Election Authority was conspiring against you," Mistry said.


"I am sorry to say that you had one face before me which communicated that you're satisfied with all our answers & different face in the media which made all these allegations against us," he added.

Tharoor's campaign team on Wednesday had written to the party's chief election authority, flagging "extremely serious irregularities" in the conduct of the election in Uttar Pradesh.

Besides demanding that all votes from Uttar Pradesh be deemed invalid, Tharoor's campaign team had also raised "serious issues" in the conduct of the election in Punjab and Telangana.

In his letter to Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry, Tharoor's chief election agent Salman Soz has said the facts are "damning" and the election process in Uttar Pradesh is "devoid of credibility and integrity", they said.

He said that after a detailed discussion with polling agents, Tharoor's team is constrained to report "disturbing facts".