Patna: Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh today faced protest from a group of rural women for his comments that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was quarrelling with Narendra Modi like a “dehati aurat” (rural woman) The agitating women, who were carrying bangles and ‘bindi', raised slogans outside Giriraj Singh's residence here.
The BJP leader was not at his residence at that time.
Later, Giriraj Singh, who served as Minister for Animal Husbandry in the Nitish Kumar government before BJP ministers were dropped by Kumar after split in NDA, expressed regret for his comments against women.
“If women have felt hurt by my comments I express regret...I never intended to hurt them,” he told PTI.
The BJP leader had told reporters on Saturday morning that Nitish Kumar was behaving like a “dehati aurat” (rural woman) and quarrelling with Narendra Modi out of jealousy.