Man Arrested For Shouting Abusive Slogans Against PM Modi At Opposition’s Bihar Rally
A man, accused of shouting abusive slogans at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the Opposition rally in Bihar, was arrested on Thursday night, Darbhanga Senior Superintendent of Police said on Friday.
The arrest of the man, identified as Rizwi alias Raja, came after a video purportedly showing the accused hurling abuses at PM Modi during the INDIA bloc public meeting surfaced online. He hails from the Bhapura village in Singhwara.
The incident took place during a Voter Adhikaar Yatra in Darbhanga.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav are carrying out the Yatra ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar later this year.
A massive controversy broke out in the state after the video of the abuse to PM Modi and his late mother surfaced online during Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikaar Yatra.
The BJP filed a complaint at the Kotwali Police Station in Patna, seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi.
The video showed Congress workers using abusive language against the Prime Minister from the dais having posters of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Tejashwi Yadav. This was the same place from where the leaders departed for Muzaffarpur.
NDA Leaders Condemn Abuse Against PM Modi
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took cognisance of the incident and condemned the “abusive language”.
“During the Voter Adhikaar Yatra, the kind of abusive language used from the Congress and RJD stage against Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and his late mother is extremely inappropriate, and I condemn it,” Nitish Kumar tweeted.
The abuse at the Prime Minister drew strong condemnation from BJP leaders, who sought an apology from Congress and RJD for the insult.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said, “He (PM Modi) is the world’s most popular leader now. This undignified language from the INDIA bloc platform is an insult to 140 crore Indians. The people of Bihar will give them a befitting reply. No civilised society can accept such language. Congress and RJD leaders should apologise for this.”
