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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday slammed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) public representatives inside the state legislative council over the issue of girl's education. Kumar lost his cool after one of the woman MLC's pointed out the "inadequate number" of girls' schools in her area.

While raising the issue, RJD MLC Urmila Thakur stated that she was not satisfied with the response by the state education minister Sunil Kumar. She further stated that the condition of the schools are very poor and the girls have to walk several kilometers to take classes. She also said that the condition is same in her district Begusarai where the girls are not getting proper education.

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"In many villages, girls are deprived of education as reaching the nearest school requires them to walk four to five kilometers," Thakur was quoted as saying by PTI. However, CM Kumar lost his temper and claimed that the RJD leader was unaware of the facts. Kumar said that the current government has done many things for the girls education, further claiming that the girls hardly went to schools when Lalu's RJD was in power.

"Do you people even know what we have done for girls' education? Village girls hardly went to schools in Bihar until we came to power," Kumar stated. While replying to Kumar, MLC Thakur said that she too belonged to the older generation, but attended school.

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"Sir please do not say that. I, too hail from a village. I belong to an older generation, yet I did complete my schooling," she said. Another member of RJD Munni Devi Rajak pointed out that it was the right of the opposition leaders to ask questions and the government must answer.

While replying to them, CM Nitish Kumar stated that RJD had not benefitted the women of the state, adding that Lalu Yadav installed his wife as the chief minister when an arrest warrant was issued against him. "Your party (RJD) did nothing. You people know nothing. Whatever has been done for women, it has been done by me. Now women have no problems," Nitish said.