Twitterati hails 'witty' Tharoor

Long before the prime minister was forced to point out to his humourless colleagues that Shashi Tharoor���s tweet on holy cows and cattle class was a mere joke, the minister of state for external affairs had become a hero on Twitter for his cheeky wit. The network is abuzz with caustic comments about desi politicians being ������ morose and jealous��� ��� and in need of a ������ humour resources manager������ .

Congress politicians should read the dictionary, Wikipedia and Wodehouse to open their minds, said many Tweeters. On Thursday, when Jacob Joseph, Tharoor���s officer on special duty posted a photograph with a caption that read, ���Shashi Tharoor in cattle class a month ago��� , more comments poured in. The photograph, which has already been viewed over 2,839 times, had remarks like,

������ Now this is something. Shashi Tharoor was travelling economy even before this stupid austerity drive��� ��� and ������ I like Shashi even if he were to fly first-class . Isn���t he a classy person? He adds more value than he spends, right?������
Tweets in support of Tharoor poured in Friday when the PM made the ���clarification��� . ������ He just replied in jest to a comment, which led him on. Show the man some class, politicos,������ read one tweet. Even celebrity tweeters like Gul Panag commented, ���Everyone is being unduly harsh on Shashi Tharoor.������

The controversy erupted when the diplomat-turnedminister , who has 1,76,342 followers (as of Friday evening), replied to a question at 11.57pm on September 14, ���Tell us Minister, next time you travel to Kerala, will it be cattle class?��� Tharoor tweeted back within minutes, saying, ������ Absolutely, in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows!������

After Congressmen began to condemn Tharoor, some fans reacted by blaming the questioner. ������ Now this is a new one. I must bear the cross for Shashi Tharoor! No I won���t , no I shan���t ... it���s amusing to see your fans pillory me,������ he tweeted.