Deliberations during the meeting focused on the security scenario along the 1,751 km India-Nepal border running along Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.
Sitharaman made the remark while addressing the media persons in the state capital Bhopal on Thursday. She has arrived here in view of campaigning for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly election to be held this month.
"The Congress is following the British policy of divide and rule. They should not try to divide the society in the name of caste. I request Congress to work for the poor people and should not divide the society on the basis of caste," Vijayvargiya said.
Opposition party leaders inside the state assembly raised an uproar over the chief minister's remark on women and birth control and demanded his resignation.
"Nitish Kumar now has no right to be Chief Minister. A person who insults women like this has no right to be a CM. He should leave the position, apologising won't work," CM Chouhan said.
After facing backlash from the opposition, Bihar police again retorted lathi-charge and used water cannons to disperse the Anganwadi protestors on Thursday.
Sarma made the remark while speaking to ANI in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district on Thursday in view of Singh's remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him "No.1 liar".
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.
"No one has the right to use any derogatory words against any woman. Nitish Kumar has even apologised. The BJP has a habit of taking up any topic and making an issue of it. Their people have also insulted women and used derogatory remarks against them a lot of times," Crasto said.
"I think he (CM Nitish Kumar) has lost his mental balance. His party should remove him from the Chief Minister's post. A chief minister with a lost mental balance is a threat to the state," CM Sarma said in MP's Khandwa.
"The objectionable statement that he made regarding women is not right. It is our responsibility to respect women. He has apologised for it but it does not work like that. There should be some action against him," Athawale said.
African-American actress and singer Mary Millben said Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands for women and is the best leader for India, and the progress of Indian citizens.