Amid the ongoing row over Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s remarks over birth control and women’s education, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a stringent attack against his Bihar counterpart, saying that Nitish Kumar has “lost mental balance” and is a “threat to the state”. He also demanded immediate removal of Nitish Kumar from his position for his derogatory remarks on population control.

“I think he (CM Nitish Kumar) has lost his mental balance. His party should remove him from the Chief Minister’s post. A chief minister with a lost mental balance is a threat to the state,” CM Sarma said in Mzchya Pradesh’s Khandwa.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insisted that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar should resign over his derogatory remarks on birth control in the state assembly, claiming that he has “lost his mental balance”.

Chaotic scenes were witnessed in the Bihar Assembly during the ongoing Winter Session on Wednesday as opposition members rushed to raise slogans against CM Nitish Kumar over his objectionable remarks on birth control. As the BJP mounted a spate of scathing attacks, Kumar on Wednesday apologised for his remarks in the assembly. “I apologise, and I take back my words,” he told reporters after BJP legislators did not allow him to enter the legislative assembly.

On Tuesday, speaking on the floor of the Assembly, the Bihar Chief Minister said women should be educated as it would enable them to avoid sexual intercourse resulting in pregnancy. Reacting to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s derogatory remarks on birth control, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said on Wednesday that the statement made by the Bihar CM is “shameful, condemnable, and painful.”