Arrah (Bihar) [India], August 30 : Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday claimed that the man accused of abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar's Darbhanga was linked to the BJP.
"The person who made derogatory remarks about PM Modi's mother turned out to be from the BJP," Singh, a former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, told ANI.
The senior Congress leader was in Bihar's Arrah to participate in the ongoing 'Voter Adhikar Yatra'.
Singh also took a swipe at the Prime Minister's call for India and China to work together, saying, "First, unite Hindus and Muslims in the country."
Meanwhile, Darbhanga Police have arrested the man accused of hurling abuses against PM Modi during Congress-RJD's Vote Adhikar Yatra.
Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Chaudhary said a case has been registered."A case has been registered, and an accused arrested. His name is being verified. The person is identifying himself as Raja...Action will be taken against those found involved," Chaudhary said.
A video of the incident showing the man allegedly making abusive remarks against the Prime Minister had gone viral on social media.
Congress leader Pawan Khera slammed the BJP over the incident."BJP toolkit out. When they get rattled by the truth, they first plant their own agents to raise objectionable slogans; then they make an issue out of it to distract attention from the issues. And finally, Modi himself will come and give a teary-eyed speech during elections to get sympathy. Your lies have stopped working," he said in a post on X.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stopped his car and tried to distribute candies (or toffees) to protestors showing him the black-flag over the alleged abuses hurled at PM Modi during the 'Voter Adhikaar Yatra'.
Members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) were protesting against Rahul Gandhi. The Rai Barelli MP stopped his car and tried to calm the protesters by offering candies.
He held a roadshow, as part of the opposition's Voter Adhikaar Yatra, where he raised slogans against the alleged "vote theft".
Congress leader KC Venugopal on Friday condemned the "attack" on the party's state unit in Patna, alleging that it was led by a sitting cabinet minister and other BJP leaders, and asserted that the party will continue to expose the "massive vote chori being carried out in the name of SIR".
The clash broke out in front of the Congress office in Patna on Friday after BJP workers staged a protest over the alleged derogatory remarks made by a man against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the Congress-RJD's Vote Adhikar Yatra in Darbhanga on Wednesday.
Bihar minister and BJP leader Nitin Nabin had stated that people will give a "befitting reply" to Congress. "Every son of Bihar will give a befitting reply to Congress for insulting a mother. We will take revenge for this," he said.