Citing Rahul Gandhi’s poll rigging claims, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on 8 August, Friday, said these are “serious questions” which must be seriously addressed in the interest of all voters and urged the Election Commission to act urgently.

In a post on X, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said India’s democracy is too precious to allow its credibility to be destroyed by incompetence, carelessness or worse, deliberate tampering.

Tagging a post by the Congress on Gandhi’s press conference, in which the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged a “huge criminal fraud” in polls, Tharoor said these are “serious questions” which must be seriously addressed in the interest of all parties and all voters.