The chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Rekha Sharma, came down heavily on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his 'derogatory' birth control remarks in the state assembly.
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA Rafiqul Islam condemned the statement made by Congress MLA Aftabuddin Mollah about priests on Thursday, adding that the law will take its course in the matter.
"If his (Nitish Kumar) intentions were bad, then he would have come in the category of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh; sometimes the choice of words is wrong and for this, he has apologised. As far as Nitish Kumar is concerned, there are two things in that statement. One is intention and one is c
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.
"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.
"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.
Terming the statement by the JDU Supremo as "highly condemnable", the BJP leader said, "I condemn the statement of Nitish Kumar on women. The manner in which Nitish Kumar of the INDI Alliance has used such language for women, he will be given a befitting reply by the women of the country. Ni
Dialling down the controversy triggered after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's remarks on the importance of women's education to control the population, JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh on Wednesday said that the comments of his party's supremo were not objectionable.
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's remarks on the importance of women's education to control the population is a result of his sick mentality.