Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed regret for “derogatory” remarks he made in the state Assembly on Tuesday afternoon on the contribution of women’s education to population control. “I retract my statements and offer my apology. I’m sorry if anything I said was incorrect. “I take back anyone who got hurt,” he declared.
“I didn’t mean for my statements to cause harm to anyone. I’ve always believed that controlling the people requires education. Additionally, I have advocated for the advancement and empowerment of women.”
He made the divisive comments while outlining the reasons for Bihar’s fertility rate decline from 4.2 to 2.9%. But the BJP denounced the language as “shameful,” “disgusting,” and “vulgar,” and National Commission for Women head Rekha Sharma called on Nitish Kumar to provide an apology. Commentaries perceived the statements as crass attempts to place the burden of population control on women.
He responded to loud objections in the Assembly shortly afterward by asking, “Why are all of you making noise? He yelled back, “I told you… you saw, the reporters asked me and I gave an explanation.”
Nitish Kumar was defended yesterday as the controversy around his remarks intensified by his deputy, Tejashwi Yadav, who said that the Chief Minister was discussing sex education in schools. “Let me make one thing clear: the Chief Minister made some remarks on sex education. People get apprehensive about this subject, even if schools teach it. He mentioned the actual steps that must be taken.” Putting the attempted explanation aside, the BJP attacked Nitish Kumar, branding him as a guy “whose mind is infested with worms from B-grade adult films” by the opposition party, which was formerly his friend.
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