Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sparked a row after his remark on population control saying that men do not understand the consequences of their actions while women remain uneducated.
The Janata Dal-United leader was addressing a public meeting in Vaishali on Saturday when he made the remark.
“Mahilayen padh lengi tabhi yeh prajanan dar ghatega… abhi bhi wahi hai. Aaj agar mahilayen nahin padhi huyi hai, jo mard log jis tarikey se roj-roj karte hi rehta hai, usko dhyaan mein hi nahin rehta ki bachcha paida nahin karana hai… Mahila padhi rehti hai to unko sab cheej ka gyaan ho jaata hai ki bhai kaise humko bachna hai…
(Only when women are educated, the population growth rate will be arrested. It has still not decreased and the rate remains the same. Had women been better educated or had they been aware they would know how to protect themselves from getting pregnant. Men are not ready to consider the outcome of their action and as women are not properly educated they are unable to put their foot down and stop the population growth),” said the Bihar CM.
The statement by Nitish Kumar has created a political uproar in the state with BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary saying that Nitish has tarnished the image of Bihar.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council, Samrat Chaudhary, lashed out at the Chief Minister alleging that he has used indecent and derogatory language in public.
“The indecent words used by Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar are the height of insensitivity. By using such words, he is tarnishing the dignity of the post of Chief Minister,” tweeted Chaudhary.
BJP spokesperson Nikhil Anand also lashed out at Nitish Kumar and asked him to take back his ‘sexist remark’.
