The Kerala Congress on Saturday (September 6, 2025) admitted that there was a big mistake for the disputed post connecting Bihar with ‘Bidi’ on social media. Due to this post, there was a panic in politics. The party removed the post and also sought public apology. According to reports, in the midst of this controversy, the social media head of Kerala Congress VT Balaram has resigned.
Party president accepted social media team’s mistake
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Sunny Joseph admitted that there was “mistake and negligence” in posting. He told in a conversation with a TV channel that the party’s social media team had posted this comment on platform x without vigilance. Sunny Joseph said, ‘The post has been removed. The responsible person of the social media handle and the operator apologized and removed the post. Congress does not support this. Sunny Joseph also told that the matter was discussed with former MLA VT Balaram, who is in charge of KPCC’s digital media cell.
What was in the disputed post?
The controversial post was posted on the official social media handle of KPCC in the context of recent GST rate changes. In this post, an attempt was made to connect Bihar with bidi (tobacco thing). It was written in the post- ‘Bidis and bihar start with b. cannot be considered sin anymore.’
Uproar over Congress post
This post was focused on reducing GST rates on bidi by the Modi government. But this post went viral and was criticized strictly, describing insensitive and derogatory towards Bihar. The coalition leaders involved in Bihar’s power criticized the Congress. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary termed this post as ‘insult to the whole of Bihar’. Emperor Chaudhary wrote on X- ‘First of all insulting our Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother and now insulting the whole Bihar- this is the truth of Congress, which is being exposed to the country again and again.’
JDU member Sanjay Kumar Jha also described it as ‘another embarrassing step by Congress’. BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawala also took a tough stand and said-
‘Congress crossed the border again. After abusing PM Narendra Modi’s mother, now it connects Bihar with bidi! Do Tejashwi Yadav support this? His hatred towards Bihar from Revanth Reddy to DMK and Congress is clearly visible.