"Don't want apology; give your resignation": BJP MP Navneet Rana slams Nitish Kumar over his birth control comments

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Navneet Rana slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his controversial remark on women and population control and said that he should immediately resign from the post.
MP Navneet Rana said "You should talk about providing justice to women of Bihar. Keep all the filth in your mind confined to your home. We do not want your apology; you should give your resignation."
Addressing the Winter Session of the Assembly during a debate on caste census on Tuesday, the CM made bizarre remarks while underscoring the need for girls' education to check population growth in the state.
Chaotic scenes were witnessed in the Bihar Assembly during the ongoing Winter Session on Wednesday as opposition members rushed to raise slogans against CM Nitish Kumar over his objectionable remarks on birth control.
As the BJP mounted a spate of scathing attacks, Kumar on Wednesday apologised for his remarks in the assembly.
"I apologise, and I take back my words," he told reporters after BJP legislators did not allow him to enter the legislative assembly.
Reacting to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's derogatory remarks on birth control, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said on Wednesday that the statement made by the Bihar CM is "shameful, condemnable, and painful."
"He (Nitish Kumar) is a very senior leader, and his statement is shameful, condemnable, and painful. This shows the established low mentality of the leaders of the INDIA bloc for women," the BJP leader said.
His remarks drew outrage from the BJP as well as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), who demanded that he tender an unconditional apology.
Defending Nitish Kumar, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav said that it was wrong to misinterpret the Chief Minister's remarks as he was speaking about sex education.
"Let me tell you one thing. It is wrong if someone misinterprets it. The remarks of the CM were regarding sex education. People are hesitant whenever the topic of sex education is discussed. This is now taught in schools. Science and biology are taught in schools. Children learn it. He said what should be done practically to stop the increase in population. This should not be taken in a wrong manner. It should be taken as a sex education," Yadav said. (ANI)