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This isn’t the primary time the Congress has talked about PM Narendra Modi’s deceased mom in its marketing campaign. However that is the primary time the celebration formally has achieved so
It will give extra ammunition to the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP), which has already began hitting again. (File)
On September 10, Bihar Congress posted an AI-generated video of what seems to be look-alikes of Prime Minister Modi and his mom, the late Heeraben. The imaginary dialog is political, to say the least.
It will give extra ammunition to the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP), which has already began hitting again. The celebration’s nationwide spokesperson, Shehzad Poonawala, alleged, “Mahila aur Maatru shakti ka apman is Congress ki pehchaan (Congress’s identity is disrespect to women and women power).” Poonawala referred to as the video “disgusting” and stated that the Congress has “crossed all limits”.
BJP’s Nationwide Normal Secretary Radha Mohan Das Agarwal termed it as “shame and only shame”. He sought authorized motion by the Delhi Police and requested the Delhi Police Commissioner to provoke a grievance.
The celebration’s spokesperson and a face within the south, C.R. Kesavan, who was himself a former Congressman, referred to as the celebration “misogynistic”. “Does the Indian National Congress now infamously stand for Insult Nari Shakti,” he requested in a video assertion he issued. He referred to as the video “uncouth”.
This isn’t the primary time the Congress has talked about PM’s deceased mom within the marketing campaign. However that is the primary time the celebration formally has achieved so.
When PM Modi replied to the opposition
First in Bihar’s Darbhanga, on August 27, in the course of the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ organised by Congress and RJD, slogans allegedly containing abusive remarks towards PM Modi and his mom had been shouted from the stage.
The Prime Minister himself took on the opposition when he replied, “What happened in Bihar a few days ago, I hadn’t even imagined it. From the RJD-Congress platform in Bihar, my mother was abused. These abuses are not just an insult to my mother, it is an insult to the mothers, sisters, and daughters of the country.”
Big posters erupted throughout Bihar and NDA leaders elevating it in public conferences, notably amongst ladies, making it an enormous electoral concern, making the Mahagathbandhan uncomfortable. However as a substitute of letting it slip away from public reminiscence, the Congress jogged it with a model new AI-generated video, giving contemporary ammunition into BJP’s hand.
Not the primary time
It has been traditionally confirmed for the Congress, each time Modi was personally focused, it has boomeranged for the grand outdated celebration. Even when he wasn’t a Prime Minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar instructed, “Narendra Modi will never become the Prime Minister of the country…But if he wants to distribute tea here, we will find a place for him.” Modi went on to turn out to be the nation’s Prime Minister.
In 2018, Aiyar once more, referred to as Modi “neech.” “He (Modi) is neech kism ka aadmi who has no sabhyata (civility),” Aiyar had stated about Modi. Addressing an election rally in Surat, Modi hit again at Aiyar and related it with Modi’s caste. “Mani Shankar Aiyar has called me neech and from nichli jaati (lower caste). Is this not an insult to Gujarat? Is it not an insult to India’s great values? But people of Gujarat will take revenge on December 18 and teach you the precise meaning of neech,” Modi stated. The Congress didn’t win the election.
Through the Rafale Jet controversy, Rahul Gandhi linked a court docket order and had stated the “court has agreed that chowkidar chor hai.” He made “Chowkidar chor hai” his election accusation in the course of the 2019 Lok Sabha ballot. In retort, PM Modi prefixed his identify in all social media platforms with ‘Chowkidar’ and requested his followers to comply with. Whereas Modi received it with a landslide victory, within the court docket, Gandhi submitted an unconditional apology for wrongfully attributing the remark to the court docket.
And these are only a few specimens from an enormous array of examples of private assaults on PM Modi that backfired on Congress. Now with this AI-generated video by Bihar Congress, dragging in his deceased mom — one can anticipate PM Modi himself elevating the problem the subsequent time he’s in Bihar.
Anindya Banerjee
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September 12, 2025, 13:52 IST
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