BJP Demands Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's resignation over controversial 'Population Control' comments

On Wednesday, BJP demanded that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar must resign over his ‘population control’ remark despite the latter's apology in the state assembly, claiming he has “lost his mental balance”. The sharpest attack on BJP's ally-turned-opponent Kumar came from Nishikant Dubey, who branded Kumar's remarks as "porn story telling". 

Nishikant Dubey took to his social media account and wrote on X: “Do listen to Mahaguru Nitishanand Maharaj's porn story telling and keep the population in control.”

The Bihar chief minister, speaking on the importance of education among women to control population in Bihar on Tuesday, described how a woman can restrain her husband during sexual intercourse. "The husband's acts led to more births. However, with education, a woman knows how to restrain him...this is the reason the numbers (of births) are coming down," Kumar said, triggering a massive political row.

The Bihar CM on Wednesday apologised for his remarks in the assembly. "I apologise and I take back my words," he said.

However, the apology failed to assuage the BJP, which remained resolute in its stance, calling for Nitish Kumar's resignation. Union Minister RK Singh expressed his dismay and embarrassment over Kumar's conduct, declaring, "I think each person in Bihar must be ashamed that their CM is using such obscene language in the Assembly...It's a third-grade statement...Nitish Kumar has lost his mind."