NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar sparked a fresh controversy on Wednesday with his remarks directed at a woman legislator during ongoing protests by the opposition in the state assembly.
Amid heavy sloganeering against the government over alleged failures on reservation and special status for Bihar, Nitish lost his temper at RJD MLA Rekha Devi and asked, “You are a woman, you do not know anything?”
CM Kumar’s comments led to an uproar in the assembly, with opposition MLAs objecting to his statement and raising slogans such as “Nitish Kumar Hai Hai”.
RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav also condemned Nitish Kumar’s remarks, accusing him of being a habitual offender when it comes to making inappropriate comments about women.
Taking to X, Tejashwi said, “You are a woman, do you know anything? Making cheap, unwanted, uncivilized, rude and low-level comments on women has become a habit of Hon’ble Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. This is a very serious and worrying issue for the state.”
Amid heavy sloganeering against the government over alleged failures on reservation and special status for Bihar, Nitish lost his temper at RJD MLA Rekha Devi and asked, “You are a woman, you do not know anything?”
CM Kumar’s comments led to an uproar in the assembly, with opposition MLAs objecting to his statement and raising slogans such as “Nitish Kumar Hai Hai”.
RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav also condemned Nitish Kumar’s remarks, accusing him of being a habitual offender when it comes to making inappropriate comments about women.
Taking to X, Tejashwi said, “You are a woman, do you know anything? Making cheap, unwanted, uncivilized, rude and low-level comments on women has become a habit of Hon’ble Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. This is a very serious and worrying issue for the state.”
“A few days ago, the CM had made a lewd comment on the beauty of a BJP woman MLA from the tribal class. Today, he made a comment on two-time Scheduled Caste woman MLA Rekha Paswan. Honorable Shri Nitish ji has become the greatest knower, meditator, interpreter and creator of the universe. Apart from him, no one knows anything, no one knows anything,” he added.
This is not the first instance of Mr. Kumar sparking controversy with his speeches in the Bihar Assembly. In November last year, he had stated that women should be educated to avoid pregnancy resulting from sexual intercourse.
Following an outcry from BJP leaders, who were in the opposition in Bihar at the time, Kumar apologized and retracted his words.
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