Indian PM Modi's office flooded by over a million Bihari DNA samples

E-Paper | April 30, 2026

NEW DELHI: Affronted Biharis have been sending hundreds of thousands of DNA samples to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the premier's jibe against Bihar Chief Minister Nitesh Kumar, according to a report published on the BBC website.

Modi had earlier said that CM Kumar's decision to sever electoral ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) early in 2013, had meant there was something wrong with his "political DNA".

Prior to the 2014 general elections held in India, Kumar had protested Modi’s candidacy and questioned his secular credentials suggesting that he could exacerbate communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India.

Kumar said the Indian premier had hurt the sentiments of Biharis by implying that Bihari DNA was poor. He said that the people of the Indian state, in protest, would send 5 million samples of their DNA to Modi.

A member of Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) said that 600,000 people had sent DNA samples to the prime minister's office, while his office in the state capital had been sent 1.5m samples of DNA.

Delhi's head of postal services said the Indian premier receives around two to three mail bags a day, each containing approximately 1,000 letters.

Another postal department official said that the service had delivered 47 bags to Modi's office over the past few days.

The letters contain DNA samples in the form of hair strands and nail clippings, and many are marked "shabd wapsi" or "take back your words".

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ahmedGul

Sep 17, 2015 12:19pm

that is called trolling at industrial scale :)

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Maxx

Sep 17, 2015 12:38pm

...isn't Modi the most divisive and most communal leader in Indian history.

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Sep 17, 2015 12:42pm

Bihar has First University in the world, yet it is the underdeveloped state in India.. .lalu and nitish are the cancer for their state... Bihar has highest IAS and IPS officers yet it is not developing...

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Sugi

Sep 17, 2015 12:50pm

Modi is a Master Politician. Just wait and watch how he's going to use this to his Adwantage in days to come. NDA is going sweep this elections in Bihar.

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Abhi

Sep 17, 2015 01:02pm

States like Bihar, UP need better governance , education. In order for India to progress - these states which are both highly populated need to be governed better. Politicians like nitish , mulayam need to be replaced.

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sana-1

Sep 17, 2015 01:10pm

He should not throw it, instead use it to setup DNA Bank.

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syed wasim haider

Sep 17, 2015 01:11pm

Postal department will benefit from this compaign;keep it up.

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GAASD

Sep 17, 2015 01:13pm

NDA is going sweep this elections in Bihar.

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Talha

Sep 17, 2015 01:14pm

So he is also discriminatory with the people he rule over.

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Vectra

Sep 17, 2015 01:41pm

@Talha but we look it in different lens

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point of view

Sep 17, 2015 01:51pm

How much postal department got business, would be interesting to know.

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wiserneighbour

Sep 17, 2015 02:06pm

if biharis had shown the same enthusiasm in education and infrastructure development, they could have progressed much more.

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rehan

Sep 17, 2015 02:43pm

This guy is a huge hit when it comes to foreign policy but a complete flop at domestic matters . Reminds me of Z A Bhutto.

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Raj

Sep 17, 2015 02:46pm

People of Bihar need to be make more Intelligence person and choose those people who can work for people of bihar .

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Sep 17, 2015 02:55pm

I'm a bihari....I don't relate myself with the news. But, there is always need of good opposition in democracy and it is just one such of that . Happy birthday Mr. Prime minister .......

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Sep 17, 2015 03:18pm

nice political statement by followers of nitish Kumar and lalu yadav

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ali

Sep 17, 2015 03:23pm

PM of a country saying these type of words for people of his country. Shows the real mentality of this man.

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Kamal Pasha

Sep 17, 2015 03:37pm

Modi is not a person to run India. He is OK for Gujrat.,

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Thought

Sep 17, 2015 03:53pm

See what happened when you push your nation to adopt aggressive policy, "Ghar ky chargh say hi ghar ko lage aag"

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Karachitte

Sep 17, 2015 04:06pm

Mr Modi! NOT everything you do is COOL :)

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Fatafat

Sep 17, 2015 04:08pm

@Raj how different is what you have said to what Modi has said? Discrimination!

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Fazal Karim

Sep 17, 2015 04:11pm

Pakistan should hire Modi to industrialize this country.

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amit

Sep 17, 2015 04:25pm

No it's just 1 lakhs and a political gimmick by opposition. I am a bihari and I know that. Long live Modi.He is an asset.

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Changez_Khan

Sep 17, 2015 04:43pm

Modi has never been trustworthy and never will be, that's the fact.

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M. Siddique

Sep 17, 2015 05:13pm

Very innovative way of protest. Keep it up. This will teach Modi to think before opens his mouth.

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i said it

Sep 17, 2015 05:15pm

Mr Nitish is out of mind. No doubt he has ruled bihar excellently for 10 years but he is doing drama now. Why bihar once the capital of india is so backward state. Why bihar after producing so many IAS IPS and talented youths in every field is backward. why bihar is always begging for Special package. I myself being a bihari thinks whatever modi said is completely true. He did not abuse common bihari but bihar leadership.These regional parties distort his comment to their gain .But we are determined. Modi must sweep bihar this time. After all we also need Gujrat like industrialised state. and lastly Happy Birthday Prime Minister. May God give you all you want.

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Jatt

Sep 17, 2015 05:28pm

@N No Bihar never had the first University in the world at all. Sharda was the first university and is in Azad kashmir. Also there may have been other older universities that are unknown in places like Punjab which is home of the harrapan and Taxila and Sircup civilisations.

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usman

Sep 17, 2015 05:38pm

a man who will be banned from entering US upon ending of his term as PM is modi

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Pink

Sep 17, 2015 05:57pm

Mind your words and attitude mr modi

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East Indian

Sep 17, 2015 06:23pm

I don't like the way Mr. Modi fights election but like the way he sells Brand India and handle international image of india

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sana-1

Sep 17, 2015 06:39pm

Modi is only good at anti pakistan policy and the lobby he is giving benefits.....

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Ajay vikram Singh

Sep 17, 2015 11:22pm

Modi is a dictator in the making. India, 50 years from now will cry at this mistake. Countires upon countries in modern history have been ruined by the exreme right political forces. Germany is one classic example. Ussr, italy in ww2, japan in ww2, and now USA by bush era. Around 10-15 muslim counties got decimated and engulfed in terrorism and backwardness, due to religious fundamentalism and lack of secularism. Pakistan is one classic example. And when it began, it always felt good to people initially. India is too wise, too old and too big a society to fall in to this trap. Bjp is good. Removal of corruption is great. More federal and transperant govt....very great...but we must be very mindful of becoming a volatile and poisonous combination of, religious fundamentalism and jingoism. Thats the recipe....nazis used to like. Learn from history.

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kuttathi

Sep 18, 2015 01:36am

Exact opposite of what he said.If you listen to the full speech and judge,you will under stand. Nitish just took one sentence from the entire speech and projecting it according to his gains.This is how neive people are fooled by polititians. Happy Birthday,PM Modiji

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