A remark targeting Lord Krishna has drawn sharp condemnation from RJD leader and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who on Monday, November 2, 2026 called the comment 'unbecoming, unforgivable, and indecent' — and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the entire BJP leadership publicly apologise to the nation, to society, and to every devotee of the Sanatana tradition.

The remark that ignited the storm

Tejashwi's post names no individual directly, but accuses a 'power-patronised mentally deranged person' of making an offensive comment about Lord Krishna — the deity he describes as 'lok ekta ki kanishtha anguli se indrasan ko hila dene wale Loknayak' (the people's hero who can shake the throne of Indra with the little finger of collective unity) and as a revered figure who transcends all religious boundaries.

He insists that Rama and Krishna are not rivals but complements, and closes his post with the Mahamantra: 'Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare.' The choice of the mantra is pointed — it deliberately weaves both names together as a single devotional act.

BJP accused of shielding divisive voices

Tejashwi's sharpest charge is aimed not at the speaker of the original remark but at the political machinery he says shelters such voices. He uses the term 'shikhandi' — a Mahabharata figure deployed in Indian political discourse to mean a 'front person' or proxy — to describe the individual responsible, and names the BJP's national leadership as the true protectors of this rhetoric.

'These hateful people earlier divided human beings; now they have begun dividing gods,' Tejashwi wrote, asking how much lower political greed could drive public discourse. The demand: Modi and every senior BJP leader must come forward and bow in apology — dandavat, prostrate — before the country and its Sanatana faithful.

A recurring fracture line in Hindi-heartland politics

This exchange sits inside a long-running pattern in Bihar and the broader Hindi belt: opposition leaders, including those from RJD, have repeatedly accused the ruling establishment of exploiting Hindu devotional divisions for electoral gain. The standard counter-narrative, which Tejashwi deploys here with precision, frames Rama and Krishna as inseparable pillars of a single syncretic tradition — Sanatani ekta — rather than badges of competing political identities.

The timing matters. Political temperatures in Bihar tend to spike well before any assembly cycle, and a controversy touching Lord Krishna lands with particular weight in a state where devotional identity runs deep across caste lines. By couching his attack in the language of lok samata (people's equality) and Sanatana unity, Tejashwi attempts to reclaim religious ground that the BJP has treated as its own turf.

No BJP leader had issued an official response as of the time of posting. Whether the party addresses the controversy or allows it to pass in silence will define the next move on this particular board.