NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a scathing assault on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who’s going through intense criticism over his extraordinarily derogatory remarks on ladies and their position in inhabitants management. The PM, whereas addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna, additionally slammed the INDIA alliance leaders for sustaining a stoic silence on the difficulty and never condemning Kumar’s distasteful remarks. With out straight naming Nitish, PM Modi stated, “A giant chief of the INDI alliance, ‘Ghamandiya Gathbandhan,’ used indecent language for ladies contained in the Meeting yesterday. They don’t seem to be ashamed. No chief of the INDI alliance stated a single phrase in opposition to it. Individuals who suppose like this about ladies, can they do something good for you?…”
#WATCH | Guna, Madhya Pradesh: On Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s assertion, PM Narendra Modi says, “A giant chief of the INDI alliance, ‘Ghamandiya Gathbandhan’ used indecent language for ladies inside Meeting yesterday. They don’t seem to be ashamed. No chief of the INDI alliance stated a single… pic.twitter.com/nUbYRqJFa7
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PM Modi’s party- BJP additionally escalated its assault on the Bihar CM, saying his ”apology is just not sufficient.” Whereas a whole lot of BJP Ladies Wing staff staged an indication in Bihar’s capital Patna and burned his effigy, bedlam broke on the Bihar Meeting in the course of the ongoing Winter Session over the difficulty. The Opposition members rushed to the effectively elevating slogans in opposition to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his objectionable remarks on contraception the day earlier than.
Nitish Kumar Tenders Apology
Earlier this morning, Nitish Kumar apologised for his remarks within the State meeting on the position of girls in inhabitants progress. “I apologise and I take again my phrases…,” Kumar stated to reporters after BJP legislators didn’t permit him to enter the legislative meeting. Talking on the ground of the Meeting, the Bihar Chief Minster on Tuesday stated that girls needs to be educated as it could allow them to keep away from sexual activity from leading to being pregnant.
Addressing the Winter Session of the Meeting throughout a debate on caste census yesterday, the Chief Minister made the remarks whereas underlining the necessity for ladies’ schooling to examine inhabitants progress. In a video, the Bihar CM was heard saying that the state’s fertility charge, which was earlier at 4.three per cent, has dropped to 2.9 per cent, as per a report final yr.
“If my phrases had been fallacious, then I apologise for that. If anybody received damage by my phrases, I take them again,” Kumar stated as we speak whereas speaking to reporters as we speak.
‘Nitish Has Misplaced Psychological Steadiness’
Slamming CM Nitish Kumar, Union Minister Nityanand Rai stated he has misplaced his “psychological steadiness”. Talking to ANI on Wednesday, the Union Minister stated, “His remarks had been extremely objectionable. Solely an individual, who has misplaced his psychological bearings, can use such crass phrases in opposition to ladies. He’s not worthy of holding the CM’s workplace. he has lowered the nation’s picture by sullying its tradition. He ought to lengthen an unqualified apology and retire from politics.”
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday additionally got here down on the Bihar CM over his assertion saying that it was “despicable, disgusting, atrocious, obnoxious and ladies virodhi”.
The comment drew outrage from the BJP in addition to the Nationwide Fee for Ladies (NCW), who demanded that he tender an unconditional apology. “The feedback made by Nitish Kumar had been despicable, disgusting, atrocious, obnoxious, and ‘mahila virodhi’. It solely exhibits the impression their (JDU’s) ally RJD has had on his and the federal government’s pondering. In the event that they suppose like this and make such distasteful remarks within the Meeting then one can effectively think about the plight of girls in Bihar. Tejaswhi Yadav (deputy CM) justified his assertion calling it intercourse schooling. This solely goes to indicate the depths to which this alliance has stooped,” Poonawalla stated in a self-made video on Wednesday.
The Nationwide Fee for Ladies chairperson, Rekha Sharma, sought an instantaneous apology from the Bihar CM over his remarks, saying, “I demand an instantaneous 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 each girl deserves. Such derogatory and low cost language used throughout his speech is a darkish stain on our society. If a frontrunner could make such feedback so brazenly in a democracy, one can solely think about the horror the state have to be enduring beneath his management.”
His weird remarks on inhabitants management within the state additionally drew flak from ladies legislators. BJP MLA Nikki Hembrom labelled the CM’s remarks as insensitive, saying, “No matter he stated may have been offered in a extra dignified method. His remarks had been insensitive and present that he has no respect for ladies,” Nikki stated.
Defending Nitish Kumar, Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav stated it was fallacious to misread the chief minister’s remarks as he was solely speaking about intercourse schooling.
“It’s fallacious if somebody misinterprets it. The CM’s remarks pertained to intercourse schooling. Persons are typically hesitant in the case of intercourse schooling. It’s now being taught in colleges simply as different topics are. Kids are studying about it. He solely stated what needs to be performed to manage the inhabitants. His phrases needs to be taken of their correct sense,” Yadav stated.
