'Seeking legal action': Shashi Tharoor on Vivek Agnihotri's vaccine charge

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said he is 'seeking legal advice' after filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri alleged in an interview that Tharoor took money to promote foreign vaccines over indigenous ones.

As per the Indian Express, Agnihotri also named Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with the parliamentarian.

In a video interview given to IAMBUDDHA, Agnihotri said that he has no objection if celebrities take money and promote something, however, he asserted that people holding constitutional posts should not do it.

The filmmaker then mentioned Shashi Tharoor and Arvind Kejriwal alleging they took money to promote international vaccines.

Responding to the allegations the Congress MP wrote on X, "It is obviously a cheap bid for publicity, but the concern is that once a lie is repeated often enough, some people will start to believe it. Am seeking legal advice."

Agnihotri's comments came ahead of the release of his forthcoming movie "The Vaccine War", based on the true story of Indian scientists, their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and how they developed an affordable vaccine for India and the world.