Twitter controversy: Tharoor, Sunanda joint statement

Tharoor and Pushkar sought to put an end to the controversy by issuing a joint statement on Thursday morning, saying they were happily married and intended to stay that way.

"Various distorted accounts of comments allegedly made by Sunanda have appeared in the press. It appears that some personal and private comments responding to these unauthorised tweets - comments that were not intended for publication - have been misrepresented and led to some erroneous conclusions," the statement said.