By Rupang Bhatt, Ahmedabad

A small newspaper cutting from Gujarati daily Gujarat Samachar is viral online today. Various people are seen sharing it on Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp.

The cutting contains expression of regret by daily for publishing factually incorrect details against Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

Gujarat Samachar’s daily columnist Gunvantlal Chhotalal Shah had in his column ‘Network’ authored a heading that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wax statue by Madame Tussauds museum was made at expenditure of USD 1,25,000, burden of which was on people of India(picture of that part is attached above).

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Though the headline made this allegation and even introduction para of article mentioned same, there was nothing to support such claim in entire article.

While Gujarat Samachar freely publishes stories against BJP, Gujarat government and central government regularly and it often mixes opinions with news, this particular article had gross factual error and that too in headline and without any supporting facts or details.

Gujarat Samachar in its clarification(attached below) said: Gujarat Samachar coveys it with regret that an article published in 9th May 2016 edition titling “What is Madam Tussads where Modi made to install a wax statue of own spending people’s money worth 1,25,000 dollars?” was totally full of mistake. Fact is that the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi agreed for his statue respecting the wish by Madam Tussads office. Not a single Rupee of public has been spent in this task. The mistake in article was not intentional but it went without checking facts for which we are regretted.

Various comments on social media on this are embedded below:

ગુજરાત સમાચાર નો ખેદ,,,

મોટા છાપા માં ખુલાસો આપવો પડે તેવા સમાચાર headlines

અને ખુલાસો ખૂણામાં ?@nanditathhakur pic.twitter.com/GaDNP6dKG9

— dr parag (@ParagDr) May 31, 2016

@ParagDr @nanditathhakur @gujratsamachar ગુજરાત સમાચાર ની બધી જ ભૂલો ઈરાદા પૂર્વક ની જ હોઈ છે જનતા બધુજ જાણે છે

— hiren h bhatt (@hiren304) May 31, 2016

@hiren304 @ParagDr @nanditathhakur @gujratsamachar ઇરાદા પૂર્વક હોય છે મોદી વિરોધી ઝેર ઓકવા હજી ચાલુ છે

— Dilip Ganatra (@kakdwip) May 31, 2016

@ParagDr @nanditathhakur @hiren304 @kakdwip @bvnshah Gujarat samachar is NDTV of gujarat..Anti Modi anti BJP since very long.

— Harshal (@harshal1711) May 31, 2016

@ParagDr @KhayaliPulaav @nanditathhakur આવી તો અનેક ભુલ કરે છે
પકડાય તો ને
છાપા વાળા ને કોય પુછપરછ
નથી કરી સકતુ

— પંકજ (@maiyad_pankaj) May 31, 2016

@ParagDr @kathiyawadibapu @nanditathhakur Gujarat samachar gives big space to negative news of govt. and a very small space to positive news

— Kishor Katariya (@Krrish_speak) May 31, 2016

@ParagDr @nanditathhakur Gujarat Samachar is the most bias paper.

— Kalpesh Shah (@kapesh09) May 31, 2016

Now, Gujarat Samachar blatantly lying that Modi's statue at Madame Tussauds was made with Tax Payer's money.. 😐 pic.twitter.com/BYGwmu4QGc

— Ekita (@LostByWaves) May 12, 2016

Most Gujjus don't read Gujarat Samachar for news; only for obits, ads and its supplements. https://t.co/3mT57kck6a

— Semu Bhatt (@semubhatt) May 31, 2016

Gujarat Samachar is not jst Anti-Modi but has Pro-Congress stance.
Here is Another Hitjob by this #PresstituteMedia. pic.twitter.com/SGrv1QWtuD

— Satvik Patel (@DrSatvikPatel) May 31, 2016

Gujarat Samachar=Anti Modi Samachar https://t.co/08tQYlKdk3

— Prashant Fulare (@fulare) May 31, 2016

છાપામાં આવે તે સાચું માનતા લોકોને એટલી જ વિનંતી કે ખુલાસો આવે તેની રાહ જુઓ 😜 #ગુજરાતસમાચાર #ગુ_છો_શાહ #ખુલાસો pic.twitter.com/CGuLgDrUTg

— विनय खत्री (@funngyan) May 31, 2016

– DeshGujarat