You folks did nothing: Nitish Kumar to girls RJD MLCs throughout spat in Home

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday misplaced his mood contained in the state legislative council when an opposition RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) member flagged the problem of the “insufficient quantity” of women’ faculties in her space.

MLC (member of legislative council) Urmila Thakur was expressing her dissatisfaction over the reply given by schooling minister Sunil Kumar to a query she had raised earlier than the Home. Thakur cited the instance of her Begusarai district the place “in lots of villages, women are disadvantaged of schooling as reaching the closest faculty requires them to stroll 4 to 5 kilometres”.

Kumar, who prides himself on having promoted girls’s empowerment in a patriarchal state, grew irritated and stated, whereas nonetheless seated: “Do you folks even know what we’ve got performed for women’ schooling? Village women hardly went to colleges in Bihar till we got here to energy.”

Thakur stated to the CM, “Sir, please don’t say that. I too hail from a village. I belong to an older technology, but I did full my education.”

Fellow RJD MLC Munni Devi Rajak rose and, addressing the septuagenarian chief of the Home, stated, “We have now the correct to query the federal government. It’s your job to reply.” Sensing bother, Thakur then urged Rajak to maintain quiet and let her converse.

Nevertheless, Kumar rose and lashed out on the opposition, saying: “You don’t have any concept what has been performed by us for girls. You might be girls yourselves however what has been your contribution?”