02 May 2026
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's comments on population control has left a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the Bihar Legislative Council, Nivedita Singh, in tears on Tuesday. Slamming the chief minister, the leader said he embarrassed the women of the entire nation.
"You all witnessed this in real time...people shouldn't see or hear such embarrassing videos for women. Such type of remarks made in the legislative assembly upsets us," she said.
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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday stirred a row as he tried to explain graphically on the floor of the assembly the role of women's education in birth control. The CM used exaggerated hand gestures and vivid language to describe how an educated married girl could ask her husband to not complete the sexual act to ensure she does not get impregnated.
"When an educated girl gets married, she can help in population control by stopping her husband from impregnating her and this has actually helped in population control," Nitish Kumar said much to the surprise of many women members in the assembly.
