New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday countered Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on the 1946 leadership selection within the Indian National Congress, stating that claims of "vote chori" in favour of Jawaharlal Nehru were historically inaccurate.

Tagore, in a detailed post on X, said the process was determined through Provincial Congress Committee (PCC) nominations and Mahatma Gandhi's intervention, not through any electoral contest. His statement came following the Union Minister's claim in the Lok Sabha that in 1946, "PCCs chose Patel, Nehru got two votes, and someone stole the election."

Tagore disputed this version of events, calling it a "myth" and citing Congress records, letters and historians. "Wha...