Overview

• Darbhanga’s senior police official confirmed the arrest of a man alleged to have hurled abuses at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother, with the investigation ongoing.
• BJP leaders lodged complaints and an FIR in Patna, as Amit Shah, JP Nadda and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar condemned the incident and pressed Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav to apologise.
• Congress and RJD leaders denied responsibility, called the row a diversion from voter-roll issues, and Pawan Khera alleged the remarks were made by “BJP agents,” while local Congress figure Mohd Naushad issued an apology yet questioned the clip’s circumstances.
• Several outlets noted they could not independently verify the video, even as the episode triggered protests and street clashes between BJP and Congress workers in Patna, where police reported stone-pelting and opened an inquiry.
• The controversy is overshadowing the INDIA bloc’s Voter Adhikar Yatra against Bihar’s voter-list revision, which continues across districts after appearances by MK Stalin and Revanth Reddy and drew criticism from Prashant Kishor.