In the sweltering heat of Bihar’s political arena, where elections loom like a monsoon storm, we’ve witnessed yet another low in Indian democracy. During the Congress-RJD’s “Voter Adhikar Yatra” rally, a speaker—emboldened by the dais shared with opposition heavyweights like Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav—unleashed a torrent of abuse against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and, unforgivably, his late mother, Heeraben.
Words that no decent society should tolerate were hurled: slurs that dragged a deceased woman, who lived a life far removed from the corridors of power, into the mud of partisan warfare. Modi, in his response during a Bihar address on September 2, 2025, didn’t mince words either. Voice cracking with rare emotion, he declared it an assault not just on his family, but on “matri shakti”—the sacred power of motherhood—and by extension, every mother and daughter in Bihar and India.
Let’s be brutally clear: this isn’t politics; it’s pathetic thuggery masquerading as opposition strategy. The RJD and Congress, desperate to claw back relevance in a state they’ve long treated as their feudal playground, have stooped to personal vilification because their policy arsenal is bankrupt. Accusing Modi of dynastic entitlement? Rich coming from parties led by scions of political families—Yadav from the Lalu Prasad lineage, Gandhi from the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
But targeting a dead mother? That’s not just crossing a line; it’s obliterating it with the glee of schoolyard bullies who know they’ve lost the argument. I take a firm stand here: such tactics are despicable, cowardly, and must be condemned without reservation. They erode the very fabric of democratic discourse, turning rallies into arenas for verbal violence rather than platforms for ideas. Modi’s mother, Heeraben, was a simple woman from Vadnagar, Gujarat, who raised her son amid poverty and never sought the spotlight. She passed away in 2022 at 99, her life a testament to quiet resilience.
To weaponize her memory is an insult to every Indian family that holds motherhood as inviolable. It’s sexist at its core, reducing women to collateral in male-dominated power games. And let’s not pretend this is isolated—the opposition’s playbook reeks of hypocrisy. Remember how they cry foul over “hate speech” when it suits them, yet platform abusers at their own events? Rahul Gandhi’s silence on this is deafening; Tejashwi Yadav’s evasion, spineless.
If they can’t control their stages, they don’t deserve Bihar’s trust. This controversy isn’t happening in a vacuum. Bihar’s assembly elections are around the corner, and the NDA—led by BJP and JD(U)—is fighting back hard. They’ve called for a statewide bandh on September 4, 2025, led by women, to protest this “abusive language.” BJP women leaders like Smriti Irani and others have demanded apologies, rightly framing it as an attack on all women.
Modi himself amplified this, accusing the RJD of shielding criminals during its rule—a nod to the “jungle raj” era of kidnappings and lawlessness under Lalu Prasad. He’s spot on: the opposition’s resort to personal attacks signals weakness, not strength. When you can’t debate development—like Modi’s inauguration of Semicon India 2025 or India’s 7.8% GDP growth—you sling mud at the dead.
The opposition isn’t just hurting Modi; they’re poisoning the well for future generations. Indian politics has always been rough-and-tumble, but this crosses into barbarism. It normalizes toxicity, encouraging fringe elements to escalate from words to worse. Voters in Bihar, especially women—who make up half the electorate—should see this for what it is: a desperate ploy by “entitled dynasts” to distract from their failures. Modi’s restraint in forgiving personally but warning that Bihar won’t pardon them is statesmanlike.
He could have retaliated with equal venom—god knows the Gandhi family’s skeletons are plentiful—but he chose elevation over degradation. That said, this isn’t a blanket endorsement of the BJP. Politics demands accountability on all sides. If Modi or his allies have ever dipped into personal attacks—and they have, like barbs at Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origins—they too deserve scrutiny. But in this instance, the moral high ground is unequivocally with the PM.
The RJD-Congress alliance must apologize unequivocally, disown the speaker, and elevate their game. Anything less exposes them as frauds peddling “progressive” rhetoric while practicing regressive filth. In the end, Bihar deserves better than this circus. Let the elections be fought on jobs, infrastructure, and governance—not on graves. If the opposition can’t grasp that, they deserve electoral oblivion. Voters, rise above the noise: reject the abusers, reward the builders. India’s democracy is too precious to be dragged through the gutter by those who fear the ballot’s verdict.