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Bihar Shuts Down for Five Hours as NDA Protests Remarks on PM Modi’s Mother

The women-led shutdown underscored the ruling alliance’s voter outreach over the Darbhanga video, with a Jamui court setting September 17 for a complaint naming opposition leaders.

BJP women wing supporters in Dehradun holding placards protest over alleged remarks about PM Modi and his late mother during Congress's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar
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Overview

  • The NDA observed a statewide bandh from 7 a.m. to noon, with BJP Mahila Morcha leading rallies across districts as essential services and rail operations continued.
  • Compliance varied by location, with some shops and schools closed and road blockades reported, while RJD and Congress alleged hooliganism and labeled the protest a flop.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi had condemned the video as an insult to mothers, and BJP leaders demanded apologies from Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav as Delhi BJP staged parallel protests.
  • Darbhanga police previously arrested Mohammad Rizvi seen in the viral clip; the INDIA bloc denied party links to the accused as Tejashwi Yadav decried abuse of any mother and accused the NDA of politicising the episode.
  • A criminal complaint in Jamui names Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav and Mukesh Sahani, with the court hearing set for September 17, as BJP leadership meetings folded the issue into Bihar election plans.