PATNA: In a surprising flip of occasions throughout a legislative session on Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stirred an issue along with his remarks on ladies’ schooling and its hyperlink to inhabitants progress. These feedback have ignited a firestorm of concern, requires his resignation, and even calls for for an apology from the NCW. Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav has defended his boss and claimed Nitish Kumar was speaking about intercourse schooling that is taught in faculties and his feedback ”shouldn’t be misconstrued.”
BJP Slams Nitish Over Intercourse Gyan
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) wasted no time in condemning Nitish Kumar’s feedback, labelling them as “derogatory” and “offensive.” They took to social media to precise their outrage, with the Bihar unit posting on platform X, “Within the political historical past of India, there was no chief as indecent as Nitish Babu. Nitish Babu has a fixation with ‘B-grade’ grownup movies. Publicly, there must be a ban on his double entendres.”
Union Minister of State Ashwini Choubey joined the refrain, deeming the assertion “shameful” and “price criticising.” He went additional to name for the Chief Minister’s resignation and a public apology, stating, “No parliamentary or meeting member has ever used such derogatory language in opposition to ladies. It is shameful, and he (Nitish Kumar) ought to resign immediately and apologise to all of the residents of the nation.”
भारत की राजनीति में नीतीश बाबू जैसा अश्लील नेता देखा नहीं होगा।
नीतीश बाबू के दिमाग में एडल्ट “B” Grade फिल्मों का कीड़ा घूस गया है। सार्वजनिक रूप से इनके द्विअर्थी संवादों पर पाबंदी लगानी चाहिए।
लगता है संगत का रंगत चढ़ गया है!#MemoryLossCM #AslilNitish pic.twitter.com/WFFLrE5brT
— BJP Bihar (@BJP4Bihar) November 7, 2023
Tejashwi Yadav Defends Nitish
Within the midst of this storm, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has come to Nitish Kumar’s defence. He emphasised that the Chief Minister’s feedback had been associated to intercourse schooling, a subject usually thought of delicate and never brazenly mentioned. Tejashwi argued, “His assertion was relating to intercourse schooling, which individuals really feel shy and hesitant to speak about. What he meant to say was on how one can management inhabitants.”
VIDEO | “It’s fallacious to misread (CM’s remarks). His assertion was relating to intercourse schooling, which individuals really feel shy and hesitant to speak about. Biology is taught in faculties. What he meant to say was on how one can management inhabitants,” says Bihar Deputy CM @yadavtejashwi in response… pic.twitter.com/JIzr9y9yeg
— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) November 7, 2023
NCW’s Demand for Apology
The Nationwide Fee for Girls (NCW), represented by Chairperson Rekha Sharma, demanded a right away and unequivocal apology from CM Nitish Kumar. Sharma expressed her deep concern, saying, “His crass remarks within the Vidhan Sabha are an affront to the dignity and respect that each lady deserves. If a frontrunner could make such feedback so brazenly in a democracy, one can solely think about the horror the state should be enduring beneath his management.”
On behalf of each lady on this nation, because the Chairperson of the Nationwide Fee for Girls, I demand a right away and unequivocal apology from the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar. His crass remarks within the Vidhan Sabha are an affront to the dignity and respect that… https://t.co/xNom7jqnzq
— Rekha Sharma (@sharmarekha) November 7, 2023
Shadow over caste census
This controversy has additional fueled an already heated debate relating to quotas for Different Backward Courses (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Bihar. A latest caste survey revealed that OBCs, together with the extraordinarily backward lessons, make up a considerable portion of the state’s inhabitants, roughly 63%. Moreover, the survey highlighted the prevalence of poverty amongst households in Bihar, notably amongst SCs and STs.
In the course of the legislative session, Nitish Kumar proposed a rise in quotas for OBCs, SCs, and STs within the state. This important transfer is predicted to be addressed with laws throughout the ongoing meeting session, including one other layer of complexity to this unfolding narrative.
