Abusing the Prime Minister is Not ‘Politics’, It’s ‘Vulgarity’
When political discourse sinks to abuses against the Prime Minister and his late mother, the opposition reveals its bankruptcy of ideas.
By Harshita Rai
The Opposition has crossed every limit of decency. The abusive remarks hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the INDIA bloc’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Darbhanga are not just an insult to one man—they are an insult to the office of the Prime Minister and to India’s democracy itself.
Criticising a government’s policies is democracy. Abusing the Prime Minister’s mother is gutter politics. By stooping this low, the Opposition has shown that it has nothing left to offer the people—no vision, no ideas, no solutions. Only hatred.
Rahul Gandhi and the Congress leadership cannot hide behind excuses. Their stage, their event, their responsibility. By failing to apologise, they are endorsing this politics of abuse. Silence is complicity. And complicity in vulgarity is cowardice.
This is not the first time. From “maut ka saudagar” to “neech” jibes, the Congress has a history of spewing venom at Modi. Each insult has only made the Prime Minister stronger in the eyes of the people, who see such attacks as a reflection of elitist arrogance and deep frustration.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was absolutely correct when he called this the “politics of hatred.” Instead of fighting on governance or vision, the Opposition has sunk into the sewer of personal attacks.
This is not the Opposition India deserves—it is a disgrace.
Every Indian, regardless of political affiliation, should reject this descent into filth. If leaders cannot debate with respect, they should not expect the respect of the people. The Opposition must learn this: elections are not won with vulgar slogans; they are won with ideas.
This episode is not just about Modi. Today it’s him, tomorrow it will be someone else. If abuse becomes the language of politics, democracy itself is poisoned.
The Opposition has disgraced itself, and unless Rahul Gandhi apologises, the INDIA bloc will be remembered not for fighting the BJP, but for destroying the dignity of Indian politics.
