India, Jan. 4 -- Former diplomat and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has offered a blunt assessment of the United States' military action against Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, describing it as a case of "might is right."

In a post on X, Tharoor-who also chairs Parliament's Standing Committee on External Affairs-said international law and the UN Charter were increasingly being ignored.

"International law and the UN Charter have for some years now been honoured in the breach. The Law of the Jungle prevails today. 'Might is Right' is the new creed," he wrote.

Tharoor was responding to a post by author Kapil Komireddi, who highlighted what he described as hypocrisy in Washington's actions.

Komireddi argued that countri...