Mumbai: Phew! Narendra Modi's disclosure in a poll affidavit that he is married has kicked up a Twitter storm, with some questioning whether he can now safeguard women's rights -- having walked away from a marriage himself. And then there are those who compare him to Buddha, for being able to renounce worldly pleasures to seek a better vision for himself, and now for the country.
There is also a strong case being made of whether Narendra Modi exercised a rightful choice by walking out of a child marriage.
And if there is a controversy, can Times Now boss Arnab Goswami be kept far behin? One Tweetizen even urges Goswami to pull off a grilling session with Modi on his marriage, and what else "he is hiding". By the looks of it, the nation certainly wants to know! Read on:
Modi's marriage, why did not speak about it before?
— Shruti (@Shruti11) April 10, 2014@Swamy39 On marriage: Modi did Gautama Buddha did, renounced married life for something bigger. How many of us renounced marriage pleasures?
— Ganesan Subramanian (@eZynes) April 10, 2014Modi was married when he was a minor & his family was poor & uneducated http://t.co/kFll7IJCJw
— Saswati Sarkar (@sarkar_swati) April 10, 2014Surely the issue re #Modi ' s child marriage is child marriage? He and his wife are both victims of this cultural evil.
— deepika ahlawat (@ahlade) April 10, 2014. @sarkar_swati Modi walking out of a forced child-marriage should rather be seen as his first visionary step towards a better India.
— Amit Sharma (@amitTweet_s) April 10, 2014Modi's marriage is nt nd should nt be a political issue. However, now that he has accepted being married, I hope Jasodaben gets due respect!
— Ankit Lal (@ankitlal) April 10, 2014"Oh wow, Modi doesn't want to talk about his marriage at 17. I'd better vote for the other guys." - absolutely nobody
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) April 10, 2014@onlyursmusa Yes, Modi not revealing his forced marriage at childhood is the BIGGEST lie politicians have said. @shyekra @girishkhubani
— Newspaper Reader (@readernewspaper) April 10, 2014@sarkar_swati Not a good excuse, even Bapuji was minor,he did't do this.Well,I hav no problem with Modi's marriage.Trying 2 expose hypocrisy
— Parvez Chowdhary (@ParvezChowdhary) April 10, 2014Narendra Modi has been quite clear on the Right of a Woman to make her own choices on education, career and marriage http://t.co/9ZCFwjl3u5
— Shashi Shekhar (@offstumped) April 10, 2014The T-Rex skeleton in Modi's see-thru closet is 2002 not his marriage which was clearly foisted on him by family
— manjula narayan (@utterflea) April 10, 2014On Modi, how can you trust a guy who lies about his marriage and abandons his wife.
— Vikram Alva (@VikramAlva) April 10, 2014Those attacking Narendra Modi on his marriage thing, stop supporting child marriages. Respect individual freedom. We are in 2014.
— Saiswaroopa (@Sai_swaroopa) April 10, 2014Modi had a failed marriage. How will he govern the nation?...Because your office hired you for the job based on your successful family life.
— Mihir Bijur (@MihirBijur) April 10, 2014"Women shld be free to choose: career,education,marriage or having a family":Modi,Mar 2014. For some this is rolling back women's rights..
— rupa subramanya (@rupasubramanya) April 8, 2014So another Rahul Gandhi Vs Modi fight has broken out between my parents. Hope their 31 year old marriage doesn't end before this election.
— Yo Yo Funny Singh™ (@WorstHandle) April 6, 2014Will Arnab hv the guts to ask Modi why he did not disclose his marriage before and what else he is hiding from his ardent followers
— Kumar (@RamUK_R) April 10, 2014
