NEW DELHI: In a strong response and attack on the Opposition following the incident where his late mother was allegedly "abused" by a man from the stage set up for the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' organised by the RJD and Congress in Bihar, Prime Minister Modi became visibly emotional as he criticised both parties for the act.
Speaking to the women of poll-bound Bihar via video conferencing during the launch of a new cooperative, 'Bihar Rajya Jeevika Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited', the Prime Minister described the abuses directed at his deceased mother as an insult to all mothers, sisters and daughters of the country, especially Bihar.
He accused the RJD-Congress alliance of dragging his late mother into politics, and said such actions may not be forgiven by the women of Bihar. "I may forgive RJD-Cong, but people of Bihar will never pardon them for insulting my mother. Hurling abuses at my mother is nothing for those who insult 'Mother India'; such people must be punished," the Prime Minister asserted. He alleged that the RJD seeks revenge against women, as its previous government in Bihar was ousted because women voted against it.
Turning the incident into a broader campaign against the Opposition among women, PM Modi urged, "You should seek answers from RJD and Congress. There should be only one voice from every street and neighbourhood — abuses of mother will not be tolerated." He further described the incident as an attack on women’s dignity and said, "Attack on honour, will not be tolerated. RJD’s atrocities — will not be tolerated. Congress’s attack — will not be tolerated. Insult to mothers, will not be tolerated”.
The Prime Minister alleged, "The people who hurl abuses at mothers have a mindset that women are weak." Escalating his criticism of the Congress-RJD combine, he said, "My mother had nothing to do with politics, so why was she abused by RJD-Congress? These abuses are an insult to entire mothers, sisters and daughters”.
“Mother is my world. My mother was abused from dais of RJD-Congress, I never imagined it would happen; it was an insult to mothers and daughters of Bihar,” he said in a tone surcharged with emotion.
A man identified as Rizvi alias Raja of Bhopura village in Darbhanga district of Bihar was arrested by the police after a video clip of him hurling abuses at the prime minister went viral on social media.
Taking a direct attack on the RJD, Bihar’s main Opposition party, PM Modi claimed the party never wanted women to progress. "It never want to let women progress and that is why RJD always opposed even women reservation," he alleged, just a day after the RJD-Congress and other allied parties held the Voters Adhikar Rally in Patna.
Criticising the Congress, he said, "The Congress has never tolerated any backward or extremely backward person progresses ahead. The Congress thinks that it is the right of the big names to abuse the workers… hence they start abusing people," the Prime Minister said.
