Overview

• The 36-second clip, posted on September 10 on the Bihar Congress X account and labeled “AI GENERATED,” shows a dream sequence in which a character resembling Heeraben Modi rebukes her son.
• BJP and NDA leaders condemned the post as shameful and insulting to mothers, with several warning of electoral consequences in poll-bound Bihar.
• Congress leaders defended the clip as satire or parental advice and said no disrespect was intended, while the Bihar unit launched an internal inquiry to identify those responsible.
• The FIR was lodged at North Avenue police station in New Delhi after a complaint by BJP Delhi election cell convenor Sanket Gupta, citing multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023.
• The episode follows an August controversy over abusive slogans targeting the prime minister’s mother at a Darbhanga rally linked to the Opposition, after which one person was arrested.