"It is a bogus email that has gone viral on the net. It purports to be by Mark but he did not write it nor does it represent his views," Tully's wife Gillian Wright said in a communication to the media.
She was referring to an email circulating on the internet by the title "Sonia-A Blot on the Nation: By Mark Tully" containing derogatory references to the Congress President.
Wright said the email was now being circulated to such an extent that Tully wants to put the truth out as widely as possible.