He later addressed a press conference, in which he said that hurling abuses at the PM's mother was an insult to Bihar. Both Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav should apologise for this," he said. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Nityanand Rai also condemned the alleged incident. In a post on X, he said, "Having earned a PhD in abusive language, Tejashwi Yadav and his goons have committed yet another shameful act... Tejashwi Yadav, who is expected to lead the INDIA bloc charge in the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar, on September 16, launched the 'Bihar Adhikar Yatra' from Jehanabad.