PM should adopt my daughter: mother of Noida teen
The mother of a 15-year-old girl from Noida has made an emotional request for police protection, the withdrawal of the FIR against her daughter, and a safe place for the family to stay. She said they are getting rape and death threats online and cannot go back home or live normally. She also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “adopt” her daughter.
The controversy began when a video of the teenager making objectionable remarks about the Prime Minister during a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar went viral. The protest, which took place in late July over issues like the NEET paper leak, led to a Zero FIR in Noida. This was later sent to Delhi Police for investigation because the incident happened in the capital. The girl later posted apology videos. She said she had gone to Connaught Place with friends, met protesters using strong language against Modi, and was influenced to repeat what they said.
Identifying herself as 15 years old, she called it her “first and last mistake.” She expressed deep shame and asked the whole country for forgiveness. Later, she thanked the Prime Minister, saying his response gave her a “second life” and that she would try to become a responsible citizen. He described the young people involved as “misguided children,” acknowledged the pain of hearing abusive language directed at him and even his late mother, and called on society to forgive and guide them rather than subject them to prolonged legal action or social harassment. Mistakes made in childhood, he said, can still be corrected. Responding the next day, the girl’s mother thanked Modi for the gesture of forgiveness, describing it as “jeevandaan, a new lease of life, and noting that it coincided with her daughter’s birthday.
She asked for the FIR to be withdrawn, saying it had not been cancelled yet and that it listed her daughter’s age incorrectly. She said the family could not return to their old neighbourhood because of the backlash and police attention. Her main request was for protection.
She spoke out against the online abuse aimed at her minor daughter and questioned how people could respond to one mistake with threats of gang rape or death.
“My daughter made one mistake, but people are writing that four men should rape her. Is all this right?” she asked. She also asked for a safe place to live and said the Prime Minister should adopt her daughter. She explained that the girl’s father has died and that she and her brother deserve their share in the family home. She said she was afraid that if anything happened to the family, it could be used against Modi or his supporters.
This incident has started a wider discussion about how to protect minors, the dangers of online hate speech, and how social media can make controversies bigger. It also raises questions about how society and authorities should respond when young people make serious mistakes.
