**Bihar Observes Five-Hour Bandh Over Derogatory Remarks Against PM Modi’s Late Mother**

Gaya: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers led protests on Thursday in Bihar’s Gaya and Danapur as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) observed a five-hour bandh across the state. The bandh was called in response to derogatory remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother during a Mahagathbandhan event in Bihar.

BJP’s Bihar state president, Dilip Jaiswal, announced that the bandh would be observed from 7 a.m. to 12 noon. However, essential services, including emergency facilities and rail operations, remained unaffected during the shutdown. The BJP Mahila Morcha also played a significant role in leading the protests.

The state-wide bandh was organized as a protest against the objectionable comments made by Congress workers against Prime Minister Modi and his mother last week in Darbhanga during the Voter Adhikar Yatra.

Commenting on the matter, Janata Dal (United) leader Umesh Kushwaha stated, “During the opposition’s rally in Darbhanga, abusive words were used against Prime Minister Modi and his mother. This is wrong, both morally and politically.” He added, “Using such language is highly inappropriate, and so far, the Mahagathbandhan leaders have not apologised. This shows how arrogant they are. They have insulted our mothers and sisters, and now we will retaliate. Therefore, the NDA has called for a Bihar bandh, and the women’s wing will hold protests across Bihar.”

Earlier, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took to social media platform X to condemn the use of abusive language but also took a dig at the Prime Minister. He said, “A mother is a mother. The word ‘mother’ brings so much peace the moment it comes to the tongue. Even for the speechless, a mother exists. No one should ever use abusive words against anyone’s mother, sister, or daughter. Every human being, living creature, animal, and bird in this world is born of a mother.”

Tejashwi further alleged, “If Prime Minister Modi campaigns for and appeals to elect Prajwal Revanna, who rapes women and girls, then that is Modi’s masterstroke. If Modi calls someone’s mother a 50-crore girlfriend, then wow Modi ji, wow! If Modi refers to the wife of a brave former Prime Minister who sacrificed for the country and the mother of the Leader of the Opposition as a widow and a Jersey cow, then shameless people will say that Modi gave a brilliant speech.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the abusive remarks directed at his late mother during a public address on Tuesday. He said the comments were an insult to all mothers, sisters, and daughters in India.

“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 my mother. These are insults to the mothers, sisters and daughters of the country,” he remarked.

PM Modi added, “My mother, 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.”

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