Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, and various other party leaders have expressed solidarity with Prime Minister Narendra Modi by incorporating ‘Modi ka Parivar’ into their social media profile names. This gesture is a response to RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav’s comments regarding PM Modi’s religious identity.
A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Yadav launched a personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several prominent BJP leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda, incorporated “Modi ka parivar” (Modi’s family) into their social media profiles.
Responding to the Prime Minister’s accusation of dynasty politics within Opposition parties, including RJD, Lalu Yadav, during a rally of the INDIA Opposition bloc in Patna, remarked, “What can we do if Narendra Modi does not have a family of his own?” He also criticized Modi’s mention of the Ram temple and raised questions about his adherence to Hindu traditions.
As a display of unity, key BJP figures like Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Thakur, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan added “Modi ka parivar” to their social media handles. This initiative is reminiscent of the “Main bhi chowkidar” campaign before the 2019 general election, where BJP leaders appended “Main bhi chowkidar (I am a watchman too)” to their profiles in response to Rahul Gandhi’s “Chowkidaar chor hai” remark.
Lalu Yadav’s remarks elicited a strong reaction from BJP leaders in Bihar. Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha criticized the comments as offensive and disrespectful, highlighting that such language reflects a mindset against Sanatan Dharma (eternal religion) and seeks to undermine longstanding traditions. Sinha labeled the RJD as political jesters and stressed the importance of countering such forces.