My dead mother insulted on Congress RJD stage in Bihar: PM

New Delhi: In a scathing attack on the Congress-RJD alliance in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his mother was verbally abused on a campaign stage of the Opposition bloc and said this act had humiliated every mother and sister.

In Bihar, slangs were used for my mother from an RJD-Congress stage. These slangs have not just insulted my mother, but every mother and sister in India. I know you are pained as much as I am after you heard this, the Prime Minister said after launching the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited to provide easy funds to women entrepreneurs in Bihar.

Addressing nearly 20 lakh women on video conferencing, Prime Minister Modi said his late mother, Heeraben Modi, struggled against poverty to bring him and his siblings up. Mother would be sick, but she kept working. She would save up every penny to get clothes made for us. There are crores of such mothers in our country. The place of a mother is higher than that of gods and goddesses, he said.

The slang used on a Congress-RJD stage was not just for my mother, but for crores of mothers and sisters. Princes born in royal families wont understand the suffering of an underprivileged mother and her sons struggles. These people have been born with a golden and silver spoon. They believe power in Bihar belongs to their families. But you have blessed an underprivileged mothers son and made him pradhan sevak. The naamdars (a phrase the Prime Minister uses to target political dynasts in the Opposition) cannot digest this, he said, taking a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav, both from political dynasties.

There is a long list of slangs they have used against me. Sometimes they call me neech (despicable), gandi nali ka keeda (low-life), a snake and now they have resorted to calling me tu, the Prime Minister said, referring to Mr Gandhi referring to him as tu at a rally.

A viral video from Bihars Darbhanga district showed a group of youngsters screaming abusive words against the Prime Minister on a stage with photographs of Mr Gandhi and Mr Yadav. Several Congress supporters are seen standing with party flags near the stage.

After the video circulated on social media, the BJP said it was a new low in politics. This has crossed all limits of insult, hate and crassness. This is such a mistake that even if Rahul and Tejashwi hold their ears and perform a thousand squats to apologise, the people of Bihar wont forgive them. Extremely shameful, the BJP said on X. Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera said BJPs agents entered the Congress event and used slang to raise a political storm. They are frustrated over our yatra. They want to divert attention.

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