The edit ridiculed Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, a bachelor, for targeting Modi over his personal matters and also dragged Union Minister Shashi Tharoor into it, saying that if the Congress was so concerned about Jasodhaben it should also take up the cause of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances.
“Foolish people turn blind eye to their own mistakes and feel sense of pride to find fault in others,” it said.
“What has Modi's marriage got to do with common man and issues of price rise, corruption,” the editorial asked.
“Will anti-India activities in our neighbourhood stop, will Dawood Ibrahim be brought back to the country.
Will farmers' suicides in Maharashtra end ?,” it said and went on to add that Gujarat's development did not stop because Modi had not mentioned his wife's name in the election affidavit.