NEW DELHI, March 27 -- Dear Shri Rahul Gandhi,

I am sorry to say that you are like the Shakespearean character, King Lear, who was more sinned against than sinning. I am sure that you would not have in your wildest dreams harboured any hatred for the surname Modi or for those who have it as part of their name. There may be hundreds, if not thousands, of Modis in this country.

There were a few Modis on the run those days. That is how you rhetorically asked at an election meeting in Karnataka on April 13, 2019, "how come all the thieves have Modi as their common surname?". Before this, you mentioned the names of two fugitives - Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi - and prime minister Narendra Modi, whom you accused of corruption, to make the commen...