Ramaswami: On March 31, an article published in The Wire had wrongly attributed a quote by Ayodhya-based Acharya Paramhans to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Paramhans had reportedly said: “Lord Ram would protect devotees from the Coronavirus.” The Wire’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan shared the story on Twitter and also misattributed the quote to the Chief Minister in his Tweet. The error in the story was subsequently rectified and Varadarajan clarified that it was indeed Paramhans and not Adityanath who had made the comment. Mrityunjay Kumar, the media adviser to the Chief Minister taunted the editor on Twitter saying he would need to raise donations to fight the legal battle that would ensue as he attached copies of first information reports (FIRs) to his tweet.