Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was criticized by his predecessor Rabri Devi on Tuesday for comments made at some recent election rallies which, according to her, were "derogatory to women".
Rabri Devi, whose husband Lalu Prasad heads the state's main opposition RJD, came up with a post on Twitter where she also shared a video clip of JD(U) president Kumar claiming that the women of Bihar have only Started wearing dirty clothes. After NDA came to power.
The RJD leader said angrily, “Be it the House, the streets or an election meeting, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is obsessed with what women do, how they dress, nourish themselves and bear children. "
The allusion was to Kumar's infamous use of graphic language inside the House last year while trying to explain the link between higher literacy rates and better fertility rates among women.
Kumar was then in a short-lived alliance with the RJD and had come under fire from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for indiscreet behaviour.
The video clip shared by Rabri Devi also featured Modi's speech, which criticized Kumar, who returned to the NDA.
He said, "It seems that he is suggesting that women did not wear clothes before he came to power. The Honorable Chief Minister can make political speeches, but based on facts and logic. He should not insult women with his speeches." Should be done, which reflects their distorted thinking." ,
Twisting the knife, the RJD leader, whose sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap lost ministerial berths due to Kumar's face-change, said, "Nitish ji, instead of peeping into the clothes of others, it would have been better if you had paid attention to their plight. It would have happened to the people of Bihar.
Rabri Devi, whose husband Lalu Prasad heads the state's main opposition RJD, came up with a post on Twitter where she also shared a video clip of JD(U) president Kumar claiming that the women of Bihar have only Started wearing dirty clothes. After NDA came to power.
The RJD leader said angrily, “Be it the House, the streets or an election meeting, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is obsessed with what women do, how they dress, nourish themselves and bear children. "
The allusion was to Kumar's infamous use of graphic language inside the House last year while trying to explain the link between higher literacy rates and better fertility rates among women.
Kumar was then in a short-lived alliance with the RJD and had come under fire from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for indiscreet behaviour.
The video clip shared by Rabri Devi also featured Modi's speech, which criticized Kumar, who returned to the NDA.
He said, "It seems that he is suggesting that women did not wear clothes before he came to power. The Honorable Chief Minister can make political speeches, but based on facts and logic. He should not insult women with his speeches." Should be done, which reflects their distorted thinking." ,
Twisting the knife, the RJD leader, whose sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap lost ministerial berths due to Kumar's face-change, said, "Nitish ji, instead of peeping into the clothes of others, it would have been better if you had paid attention to their plight. It would have happened to the people of Bihar.
