New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Thursday targeted the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) over the alleged abuses hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother, saying that speaking like "goons" was a tradition of the opposition party in Bihar.

"They have spoken like local goons, and this is a tradition of the RJD, which has defamed our Bihar since the 1990s, and till now we are fighting for our lost legacy and respect. Are these your party workers, or are they your goons who are verbally abusing the Prime Minister's mother?" Paswan told reporters here.

"If they can use such a language from the stage set up in a city, one can only imagine the words they use at home or when they visit villages. What do they have...