On Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his temper in the Assembly, expressing frustration towards an RJD MLA and questioning, “You are a woman, don’t you know anything?”
This comment led to a sharp reaction from senior RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, who charged Kumar with frequently making derogatory remarks about women.
During the Assembly session, Kumar faced criticism from opposition MLAs, particularly from the RJD and Congress, with whom he was allied earlier this year. The opposition chanted slogans and condemned Kumar for his government’s “failures” regarding reservation and special status for Bihar.
Kumar mentioned that the government is challenging the Patna High Court’s ruling in the Supreme Court, but this did little to calm the opposition.
As the protests persisted during his speech, an increasingly frustrated Kumar lost temper and said, “Arre mahila ho, kuch jaanti nahin ho? Arre bol rahi hai, kahan se aate? Yeh logo ne kabhi mahila ko aage badhaya tha? Bol rahi ho? Faltu. Isliye ham keh rahe hai, chup chaap suno. Arre kya hua? Sunoge nahin? Hum to sunayenge. Agar aap nahin suniyega, to aap logo ki galti hai.”
(You are a woman, don’t you know anything? Look at her talking. Have you [the opposition] ever promoted women? You’re talking nonsense. So we’re saying, listen quietly. What’s happening? If you don’t listen, it’s your fault.)
Responding to the chief minister’s comments, Tejashwi Yadav posted in Hindi on X, “‘You are a woman, do you know anything?’ It seems making derogatory, unwelcome, uncivilised, and rude remarks about women has become a habit of Honourable Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. This is a very serious and concerning issue for the state.”
“A short while ago, the chief minister made an inappropriate comment about the appearance of a BJP woman MLA from a tribal community. Today, he commented on Rekha Paswan, a Scheduled Caste woman MLA. Honourable Shri Nitish ji appears to see himself as the supreme authority, the greatest sage, interpreter, and creator of the universe. According to him, no one else knows anything,” added the RJD leader.
(With inputs from agencies)
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