Overview

• The 36-second video, posted on the Bihar Congress X handle and labeled “AI GENERATED,” depicts a Modi lookalike dreaming of his late mother scolding him for using her name in politics.
• BJP figures including Shehzad Poonawalla, Anurag Thakur, Piyush Goyal and Amit Malviya condemned the clip as “disgusting” and an insult to mothers, demanding apologies and signaling complaints to the Election Commission.
• Top Congress sources say the state unit has begun an inquiry to identify who shared the content, even as party spokesperson Pawan Khera defended it as parental “advice” rather than disrespect.
• The row follows a late-August flashpoint in Darbhanga, where abusive slogans referencing the Prime Minister’s mother were allegedly raised from a Congress-RJD stage during the Voter Adhikar Yatra.
• NDA allies such as JD(U) also criticized the video, with some leaders invoking cultural sensitivities during Pitru Paksha, and no formal legal or regulatory action has been reported so far.