India, Sept. 2 -- Addressing for the first time the controversy over the alleged use of abusive language for his late mother, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called the matter "painful", saying that she is gone yet targeted. He was addressing the launch of the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited.

With his voice cracking, PM Modi said it was insult to all mothers and daughters of Bihar. Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal broke down as he watched PM Modi speak.

A controversy broke out after a video clip on floated on social media last week, showing some unidentified people using a Hindi abuse for PM Modi from a dais raised during Congress leader's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in poll-bound Bihar.

The video, which has go...