BBC Online :Indian minister Shashi Tharoor has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission accusing his political opponents of a “vilification” campaign.Tharoor, who is running in the general election, says his rivals are trying to portray him as anti-women.His wife, Sunanda Pushkar, was found dead in January. Doctors said she may have died from a drug overdose.The couple were embroiled in a row days before her death over Twitter messages suggesting he was having an affair.Police are investigating whether the overdose by Ms Pushkar, who was found dead in a hotel room, was deliberate or accidental.Tharoor is India’s junior minister for human resource development and represents the governing Congress party.He filed his complaint on Tuesday to the chief electoral officer in the southern state of Kerala, where he is fighting to retain his seat in the Lok Sabha – the lower house of parliament. Elections in India are due over nine phases in April and May.
