India, Aug. 2 -- The mother of the 15-year-old girl against whom an FIR was registered for making abusive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a viral video has said she is grateful to the PM "for choosing to forgive" her daughter, adding that it has given the teen "a new life."

The remarks came a day after PM Modi, in a video message, said he forgave children for hurling abuse at him during the recent anti-paper leak protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). For the mother of the teenage girl who faced an FIR over the incident, the Prime Minister's statement has offered her daughter a second chance.

"PM Modi has shown his greatness by forgiving the child who used such filthy and obscene words....