On 27 August 2025, during an INDIA bloc rally in Darbhanga, Bihar, an alleged local Congress supporter, Mohammad Rizvi, used derogatory language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother. He was later arrested and remanded in custody. On 10 September 2025, while speaking at an event in Delhi, PM Modi strongly criticised the RJD and Congress, describing the incident as vengeful and anti-women (here, here and here). In this backdrop, a video (here, here and here) has gone viral on social media claiming that Priyanka Gandhi mocked PM Modi, saying he is always crying about something, allegedly in reference to the episode involving his mother, during a rally in Patna, Bihar. Let’s examine the truth behind this video.

Claim: The viral video shows Priyanka Gandhi mocking PM Modi after the recent incident where derogatory remarks were made against his late mother.
Fact: The viral video is not recent and has no connection to the remarks made against PM Modi’s late mother. It is from 15 November 2023, when Priyanka Gandhi addressed a pre-poll rally in Datia, Madhya Pradesh. During the rally, she quipped that a film titled “Mere Naam” should be made about Modi, mocking him for often appearing sorrowful. The video predates the recent controversy and was a political jibe, not related to the incident involving Modi’s mother. Hence the claim is FALSE.
To verify the viral claim, we conducted a reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the video. This led us to the full livestream uploaded on the official YouTube channel of the Indian National Congress on 15 November 2023, well before the recent incident of PM Modi’s mother being abused. The video, about 52 minutes long and titled “LIVE: Smt. Priyanka Gandhi ji addresses the public in Datia, Madhya Pradesh,” contains the viral clip at the 21:43 timestamp. In it, Priyanka Gandhi is seen criticising PM Modi’s style of politics, but the remarks are from 2023 and unrelated to the recent incident.
Further research led us to several reports about the incident (here, here and here). According to these, at a pre-poll rally in Datia, Madhya Pradesh, on 15 November 2023, Priyanka Gandhi quipped that a film titled “Mere Naam”, a play on Salman Khan’s Tere Naam, should be made about PM Modi, as he is often seen expressing sorrow. She remarked that Modi appears constantly troubled by his own woes, comparing him to Salman Khan’s character, who cries throughout the film.

Additionally, a keyword search for Priyanka Gandhi’s response to PM Modi after the derogatory remarks made by a Congress supporter yielded no results, further confirming that the viral video has no connection to the recent incident.
To sum up, Priyanka Gandhi’s remark about a movie titled ‘Mere Naam’ on PM Modi is unrelated to the recent derogatory comments by an alleged Congress supporter in Bihar.