Tirath Singh Rawat
You gave birth to only 2 when there was time, not 20: Uttarakhand CM's latest controversial comment
Ramnagar/IBNS: In a new controversial comment, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday said poor families, which are struggling to feed themselves amid Covid-19 pandemic, should have reproduced 20 children to get more rations.
"Every household was given five kg rations. If 10 (people in a home) got 50 kg, then 20 got a quintal (100 kg). But some were jealous that two people got 10 kg and 20 got a quintal. Why? When there was time you only gave birth to two... why not 20?" Rawat said.
During the lockdown induced by Covid-19 pandemic, the Narendra Modi government at the Centre used to provide five kg of food grains and one kg of pulses per person to every household.
In a statement which has also stunned people, the Chief Minister on Sunday said as quoted by NDTV, "America, which enslaved us for 200 years and ruled the whole world, is struggling" to control the coronavirus pandemic."
Singh made the headlines immediately after becoming the Chief Minister by passing a moral judgement over women wearing "ripped jeans".
The newly chosen Chief Minister of the hilly state had criticised women for wearing ripped jeans and wondered what values they will impart to their children, triggering a protest from opposition parties, which had created much uproar.
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