‘Men Not Ready…’: Nitish Kumar’s Statement On Population Control Draws Flak From BJP

The statement by Nitish Kumar has created a political uproar in the state with BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary alleging that Nitish has tarnished the image of the state. 

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s statement on population control has sparked controversy in the state and drew flak from the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. While addressing a public meeting in Vaishali, the Janata Dal-United leader population in Bihar would not get under control as men do not take responsibility while women remain uneducated. 

“Men are not ready to consider the outcome of their action and as women are not properly educated they are unable to put their foot down and stop the population growth,” he said during his ongoing ‘Samadhan Yatra’. 

“Only when women are educated, the population growth rate be arrested. It has still not decreased and the rate remains the same. Had women been better educated or had they been aware they would know how to protect themselves from getting pregnant,” the CM added.

The statement has created a political uproar in the state with BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary alleging that Nitish has tarnished the image of the state. 

The Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council, Samrat Chaudhary, has lashed out at the chief minister alleging that he has used indecent and derogatory language in public. 

"The indecent words used by Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar are the height of insensitivity. By using such words, he is tarnishing the dignity of the post of Chief Minister," tweeted Chaudhary.

The statement came on a day when Nitish Kumar government’s ambitious survey of castes went underway in Bihar on Saturday with the ruling Mahagathbandhan promising uplift of all underdogs as a definite outcome besides hoping that the exercise will take the wind out of the sails of "anti-backwards" BJP.

The saffron party, which is pitted against Kumar, a former ally, now backed by erstwhile rival Lalu Prasad, raked up "caste carnages" witnessed in the past in a bid to stoke fears that the "two tallest products of Mandal" were out to plunge the state into yet another era of social strife.