'Truth and non-violence prevail': Rahul Gandhi after Congress and BJP clash over alleged abuse of PM Modi, his mother

Gandhi further wrote: "Beat and break, as much as you want to beat and break -- we will continue to protect truth and the Constitution."

After a clash broker out between the BJP and Congress workers in Patna over abusive remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother during Rahul Gandhi's Voter Adhikar Yatra in poll-bound Bihar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said "truth and non-violence prevail".

Taking to X, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha wrote in Hindi, "Truth and non-violence prevail, lies and violence cannot stand before them."

Gandhi further wrote: "Beat and break, as much as you want to beat and break -- we will continue to protect truth and the Constitution."

A clash erupted in in Patna after members of the ruling party at the Centre stormed the Congress office, protesting against abusive remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Rahul Gandhi's Voter Adhikar Yatra in poll-bound Bihar.

A video shows a large number of workers of the two parties attacking each other with their respective party flags.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday criticised the Congress after abusive slogans were allegedly hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother during the Mahagathbandhan’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar’s Darbhanga. Addressing a public meeting in Assam's Guwahati, Shah asked Rahul Gandhi to apologise to PM Modi.

"A low level of Rahul Gandhi's negative politics of hatred was seen in his 'Ghuspaithiya Bachao Yatra'. Congress has committed the most condemnable act by using derogatory language against PM Modi's late mother. I condemn it. The politics Rahul Gandhi has begun will take us into a pit... I ask Rahul Gandhi, if there is any shame left, apologise from PM Modi and his late mother," he said.

Shah added that several Congress leaders have used derogatory language against the Prime Minister in the past.

He said, "This is not new, since Modi ji became the CM, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manishankar Iyer, Jairam Ramesh, and Renuka Chowdhary have used derogatory language against Modi ji. Some called him 'maut ka saudagar', 'zehreela saanp', 'ravan' and 'virus'. Will you get the public mandate like this?"

Slamming Congress' 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar, the Union Minister said, "The amount of abuses you will hurl at PM Modi; lotus will be as bigger. You hurled abuses in every election, and after losing, you are marching on this 'Ghuspaithiya Bachao Yatra'. How can a state be secure if the infiltrators affect the elections?"

Darbhanga Police have arrested an accused and registered a case in the matter.