Narendra Modi says to "embrace these children and show them the right path"

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a video urging compassion rather than punishment for young people who used profanity during a recent protest, Congress leader P. Chidambaram asked whether the same leniency applies to alleged BJP trolls. Modi, reacting to crude insults directed at him and his late mother at Jantar Mantar, said abuse solves nothing and called for society to guide those responsible instead of prosecuting or stigmatizing them. In a social media post, Chidambaram responded skeptically, asking if the prime minister has also pardoned alleged BJP-linked accounts that post offensive replies to government critics. The exchange highlights ongoing friction over coarse language in Indian political discourse.