Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday turned emotional as he condemned the remarks made against his late mother from the stage of the RJD-Congress event in Bihar.
The row erupted during Rahul Gandhi’s
‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar’s Darbhanga, where abusive slogans targeting PM Modi’s mother were shouted from a Congress-RJD stage.
“Mother is our world. Mother is our self-respect. I had not even imagined what happened a few days ago in this tradition-rich Bihar. My mother was abused from the stage of RJD-Congress in Bihar,” said PM Modi, appearing visibly emotional.
Addressing over 20 lakh women through video conferencing, he added, “These abuses are not just an insult to my mother. These are insults to the mothers, sisters and daughters of the country. I know… how bad all of you, every mother of Bihar, felt after seeing and hearing this! I know, as much pain as I have in my heart, the people of Bihar are also in the same pain.”
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “Mother is our world. Mother is our self-respect. I had not even imagined what happened a few days ago in this tradition-rich Bihar. My mother was abused from the stage of RJD-Congress in Bihar… These abuses are not just an insult to… pic.twitter.com/POPJbGFGqt
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2025
The incident occurred on August 28 after a viral video surfaced showing a man hurling Hindi abuse at PM Modi’s mother from a stage set up during the ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ in Darbhanga.
The yatra, led by Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, had proceeded towards Muzaffarpur on motorcycles on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Mohammad Rizvi alias Raza (20), was later arrested from the Singhwara area of Darbhanga town.
Invoking the struggles and dignity of mothers, PM Modi said, “A poor mother, through her struggles, provides education and values to her children, instilling noble virtues. That is why a mother’s place is considered even higher than that of gods and goddesses.”
Targeting the Congress and RJD, the Prime Minister remarked that the sacrifices of an ordinary mother and the hardships of her son cannot be understood by those “young princes born into royal families.”
He added, “These honourable people were born with a silver spoon in their mouths. The power of the country and Bihar seems like an inheritance of their family to them.”
‘Deeply Hurtful’
Calling the attack deeply hurtful, PM Modi said, “That mother of mine, who has nothing to do with politics, who is no more, was abused from the stage of the RJD, Congress. Sisters and mothers, I can see your faces; I can only imagine the pain you must have felt. I can see tears in the eyes of some mothers. This is very sad, painful.”
“My mother separated me from her so that I could serve crores of mothers like you. You all know that now my mother is not alive. Some time ago, after completing 100 years of age, she left us all,” the Prime Minister remarked.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “…My mother separated me from her so that I could serve crores of mothers like you. You all know that now my mother is not alive. Some time ago, after completing 100 years of age, she left us all. That mother of mine, who has nothing… pic.twitter.com/xQK5Yp8UJF
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2025
Earlier, Home Minister Amit Shah condemned the use of abusive slogans against PM Modi’s mother, saying, “Rahul Gandhi should apologise if he has any shame left. The nation is watching him and his party in disgust.”
“The Ghuspetiya Bachao Yatra is to protect the Congress’s vote bank, but in any democracy, election is its soul. How can a nation be safe if infiltrators are allowed to pollute the system?” Shah asked.