"Condoms Too?": Bihar Officer To Schoolgirl On Sanitary Pad Question, Invokes Pakistan
NDTV
At Patna event on 'enhancing value of girls', IAS officer Harjot Kaur Bhamra had some snarky answers to questions by girls from slums
A schoolgirl in Bihar had a rather simple ask: “Can the government give sanitary pads at Rs 20-30?”
“Tomorrow you'll say the government can give jeans too. And why not some beautiful shoes after that?” was IAS officer Harjot Kaur Bhamra's snarky reply. And then she added, “You will eventually expect the government to give you family planning methods, condoms, too.”
When the student reminded her that people's votes make the government, the officer snapped: “This is heights of stupidity. Don't vote, then. Become Pakistan. Do you vote for money and services?”
This shocking exchange with a teenaged student from a slum came at a workshop on ‘Sashakt Beti, Samriddh Bihar' (Empowered Daughters, Prosperous Bihar) with the tagline, ‘Towards enhancing the value of girls'. It was organised on Tuesday by the Women and Child Development Corporation, which Ms Bhamra leads as managing director, in partnership with Unicef and other organisations.
