Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday claimed he was not invited by the party to campaign for its candidate in the Nilambur Assembly byelection in Kerala; however, he was among the list of star campaigners submitted to the Election Commission by the party

According to the list of star campaigners submitted by the Congress to the Election Commission, Tharoor's name is in eighth place among the 40 people, including KC Venugopal, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, V D Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala.

Congress General Secretary Mukul Wasnik submitted the list to the Election Commission of India through an official letter dated June 2.

This list was officially communicated by the Election Commission to the Chief Elector...