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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar<\/a> has apologised for “derogatory” comments about the role of women’s education in population control made in the state Assembly Tuesday afternoon. “If my words were wrong, I apologise. If anyone got hurt, I take them back,” he said.<\/p>\n

The remarks were made as he explained why Bihar<\/a>‘s fertility rate has dropped from 4.2 to 2.9 per cent, but the language used was slammed as “shameful”, “disgusting” and “vulgar” by the opposition BJP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma had demanded the Chief Minister apologise.<\/p>\n

Shortly afterwards, he faced down vociferous protests in the Assembly, “Why are all of you making noise? I told you… you saw, the reporters asked me and I gave an explanation,” he shouted back.<\/p>\n

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#WATCH<\/a> | “I take my words back, ” says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as opposition leaders protest inside Bihar Assembly pic.twitter.com\/VbgolqAhYr<\/a><\/p>\n

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As the row over the comments gathered pace yesterday, Nitish Kumar was defended by his deputy, Tejashwi Yadav<\/a>, who claimed the Chief Minister he was talking about sex education in schools.<\/p>\n

“Let me clarify something… whatever the Chief Minister said was about sex education. People become hesitant over this topic… but it is taught in schools. He said what needs to be done practically…”<\/p>\n

READ |<\/strong>\u00a0On Nitish Kumar’s Bizarre Comments, Tejashwi Yadav Says “Sex Education”<\/a><\/p>\n

The attempted clarification aside, Nitish Kumar was targeted by the BJP; the opposition party, formerly his ally, called him a man “whose mind is infested with worms from B-grade adult films”.<\/p>\n

There was uproar in the Bihar Assembly on Tuesday as Nitish Kumar’s government tabled the caste survey report and passed a proposal to raise quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes – from the existing 50 per cent to 65 per cent.<\/p>\n

READ |<\/strong>\u00a0Nitish Kumar Wants Bihar Caste Quotas Raised To 65%, Past Supreme Court Cap<\/a><\/p>\n

The revised quotas – to which the centre’s 10 per cent for Economically Weaker Sections must be added – will take reservations past the 50 per cent cap ordered by the Supreme Court in 1992.<\/p>\n

The revisions came after the caste report indicated that 36 per cent of Bihar’s 13.1 crore people are from EBCs<\/a> and 27.1 per cent are from OBCs. Of the rest, 19.7 per cent are from Scheduled Castes. 1.7 per cent from Scheduled Tribes and the General Category makes up 15.5 per cent.<\/p>\n

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