Responding to a viral video of RJD leaders hurling abuses at Chirag Paswan’s mother Veena Paswan, RLJP president and Ram Vilas Paswan’s brother, Pashupati Kumar Paras expressed strong disapproval of the use of vulgar and disrespectful language against his sister-in-law.
Pashupati Kumar Paras demanded strong action against the perpetrators.
Tensions escalated in Bihar as videos emerged of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supporters verbally attacking Veena Paswan, the mother of Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan.
These incidents occurred at a rally organized by former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in the Jamui constituency.
Condemning the abuses, Pashupati Paras in a post on X wrote, “We strongly condemn the incident of using indecent and abusive language about our Bhabhi Ji in Tejashwi Yadav’s rally in Jamui. This type of language is not forgivable.”
The RLJP President demanded strict action against those involved in the incident.
“I demand from the Bihar government to take concrete action as soon as possible by filing an FIR against such anti-social elements,” he posted on X.
According to the videos circulating widely on social media, the crowd was observed directing insults towards Chirag Paswan’s mother while RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was present.
Expressing dissapointment over the video, LJP Chief Chirag Paswan said that he was ‘hurt’ as Tejashwi Yadav did not oppose the abuses being hurled on his mother.
Reacting to the video, Paswan said, “”I am hurt that the leader in front of whom my family and I were abused is my younger brother. Allegations have been levelled against me several times that despite being a part of the NDA, I go soft on Lalu Yadav and his family. I will have a direct contest with them on the political stage but there are a few familial decorums that originated from the times of my father. My father and Lalu Yadav remained friends, so I have such relations with that family. I have always upheld the dignity of those relations. I opposed them politically but never escalated it to the family…I am sad that when my family was being abused, my younger brother was on the stage. For me, Rabri Devi is my mother. I would have given a befitting reply had someone used such language for her or my sisters Misa Bharti and Rohini Acharya…But my younger brother stayed silent. How did he not hear it? Just for politics, to win elections – that too for just one seat?”
Meanwhile, RJD Jamui Lok Sabha seat candidate Archana Ravidas claimed it to be a ‘pre-planned’ act, committed by the opposition to spoil the image of the party.
“It looks pre-planned. In the video, only this part was highlighted, but the person who said it could not be seen. Our opposition has done this in a pre-planned manner due to fear of loss and to spoil our image. If the opposition party has got this done, then we condemn it. We demand an inquiry into it and action should be taken” Archana Ravidas said
