Congress MP Shashi Tharoor came out in support of a woman who faced backlash for posting pictures with him on social media.
The woman who clicked pictures with the Congress leader, also a famous author, at a literary event and posted them on social media was forced to delete them after she was trolled.
Calling out the social media users, Tharoor said trolls should realise that there are “real human beings” involved in their abuse.
“This young girl has suffered for an innocent picture taken at a reception for over a hundred people, at which I must have posed for photos with over fifty! Keep your sick minds to yourselves, trolls!” he said in a tweet, responding to the appeal of the woman.
Putting out a statement on Monday, the woman said she was invited to the literature fest where she clicked a few pictures with Tharoor.
She said people are using her pictures with Tharoor in the “wrong context” and spreading misinformation for the sake of “political gains”.
“There are no political or personal stories related to it. I have always looked upto him,” she stated.
“But people have started making filthy stories on the same. The pictures have been taken down by me and all the people/pages who have used my pictures are requested to do the same,” the post read.
