File photo of Shashi Tharoor | Photo Credit: BCCL

Key Highlights Tharoor cited an earlier tweet of Chidambaram in which he had said — To a person running scared, every shadow will be a demon In his tweet, Tharoor hailed Chidambaram for 'standing up to persecution' and 'character assassination' Tharoor used a word 'schadenfreude' to describe the psyche of the persons in power who he believes are behind Chidambaram's alleged persecution

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has come in support of his party colleague P Chidambaram. In a tweet posted late Wednesday evening, Tharoor hailed Chidambaram for 'standing up to persecution' and 'character assassination'. Chidambaram was arrested on Wednesday evening by the CBI in the INX Media case. Interestingly, Tharoor did not forget to introduce netizens to yet another complex word — schadenfreude — which, according to the Oxford dictionary, means 'pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune'.

"Well said @PChidambaram_IN! It is a tribute to your strength of character that you are standing up to persecution &character assassination w/ courage & confidence. I believe justice will prevail in the end. Till then we will have to allow some malicious minds their schadenfreude," Tharoor said.

In his tweet, Tharoor cited an earlier tweet by Chidambaram in which he had said- 'To a person running scared, every shadow will be a demon'.

The former finance minister was arrested by the CBI after a drama that lasted for hours. Congress leaders rallied in support of their leader. "Modi's Govt is using the ED, CBI & sections of a spineless media to character assassinate Chidambaram. I strongly condemn this disgraceful misuse of power," Rahul Gandhi said.

Well said @PChidambaram_IN ! It is a tribute to your strength of character that you are standing up to persecution &character assassination w/ courage & confidence. I believe justice will prevail in the end. Till then we will have to allow some malicious minds their schadenfreude https://t.co/OoERqVVKTQ — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 21, 2019

"He unhesitatingly speaks truth to power and exposes the failures of this government, but the truth is inconvenient to cowards so he is being shamefully hunted down. We stand by him and will continue to fight for the truth no matter what the consequences are," said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.