Congress MP's Post On "Much-Maligned Tarun Tejpal" Spurs Twitter Brawl

In an acrid back-and-forth with Priyanka Chaturvedi, Manish Tewari even hinted at "taking a former colleague to court" for libel and defamation.

Congress leader Manish Tewari was pummeled on Twitter today over his post in support of Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal, with his former colleague turned Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi taking the lead. My college Senior the much maligned, hugely politically persecuted &now honourably exonerated the brilliant & mercurial Tarun Tejpal has written this teaser of his new book Animal FarmTarun at his evocative & provocative bestWelcome back friendDo Read????????https://t.co/VMaxcn8YlB Unlike you @priyankac19 as a lawyer I know how to read a judgment and respect it. Tarun Tejpal was tried and found innocent. That is the cold hard fact.Goa Government has gone to High Court.If you have a problem say what you have too in the High Court of Mumbai & Goa. https://t.co/c0TMKWBUod It actually does @priyankac19 . It makes me acutely conscious about respecting rule of law & judgments delivered by Courts established under our Constitution.Please do not cross the line of libel & defamation.I would be anguished to take a fellow MP & former Colleague to Court. https://t.co/vGNDt1XNpB Ignorance of the law is bliss ain't it @priyankac19 . The law of libel recognises a slur by implication also Mam. https://t.co/ahfLQbSrvV In an acrid back-and-forth with Priyanka Chaturvedi, Manish Tewari even hinted at "taking a former colleague to court" for libel and defamation. It started with Mr Tewari effusively praising Tarun Tejpal while calling him "much-maligned, political persecuted and honourably exonerated" in his tweet, urging people to read his piece on "Animal Farm". "My college Senior the much maligned, hugely politically persecuted and now honourably exonerated the brilliant and mercurial Tarun Tejpal has written this teaser of his new book Animal Farm Tarun at his evocative and provocative best (sic)," the Congress MP wrote.