Congress stalwart Shashi Tharoor won Thiruvananthapuram seat against BJP’s union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a high-stakes battle of the seat in Kerala.

Chandrasekhar in his electoral campaign stated that Tharoor's false statement puts the community organisations in the constituency under scanner.

"Tharoor must understand the serious legal consequences of making such baseless allegations. I am following the brave stand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi against corruption in public life," added the Union minister.

Chandrasekhar, apart from Tharoor, is pitted against CPI candidate and former MP -- Pannyan Raveendran at the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, which has been held by Tharoor since 2009.

(With inputs from Syndicated feed)