A major controversy erupted in poll-bound Bihar as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) after Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's late mother was allegedly insulted at a rally in Mahua assembly constituency. BJP IT Department chief Amit Malviya alleged that "extremely derogatory words" were used against PM Modi's mother at a RJD rally. He accused Tejashwi Yadav of complicity, stating that the opposition leader was present on stage but made “no effort to stop his supporters" from using the offensive language. He referred to the pattern as "uncivil" and "uncultured" politics by the opposition. Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and BJP spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla also condemned the incident.
“My mother had nothing to do with politics, so what was her fault; why was she abused?” he wondered.
“People who hurl abuses at mothers have the mindset that women are weak. Hurling of abuses at my mother was an insult to the daughters and sisters of Bihar,” he asserted.
He said that Bihar’s NDA government, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, has always worked for the empowerment of women.