Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat who remained within the headlines for making the ripped denims comment has once more made a controversial assertion saying poor households who struggled to feed themselves amid the Covid pandemic ought to have had 20 kids in the event that they wished extra rations from a central authorities scheme.
Addressing an occasion in Nainital’s Ramnagar, CM Tirath Singh Rawat mentioned these with fewer kids of their household obtained much less authorities ration in the course of the coronavirus-induced lockdown compared to “those with 20 children”.
“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 was quoted by information company ANI.
Tirath Singh Rawat confuses UK with the US
At the identical occasion in his speech, the newly appointed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat courted one other controversy as he confused the United Kingdom with the United States of America.
“As opposed to other countries, India is doing better in terms of handling COVID19 crisis. America, which enslaved us for 200 years, which ruled the world, under whose empire it was said the sun didn’t set…recorded more than 2.75 lakh deaths due to Covid-19 and is still struggling,” the CM Tirath Singh mentioned.
While hailing India for tackling the COVID-19 disaster, the Chief Minister mentioned that India tackled the Coronavirus pandemic higher than the nation which “ruled us for 200 years.”
Rawat’s ripped denims controversy
Tirath Singh Rawat confronted flak for controversial feedback on ladies carrying ‘ripped’ denims; he declared that they may not present the “right environment” at dwelling for his or her kids.
He mentioned he had been shocked to see a girl working an NGO in ‘ripped denims’.
“If this kind of woman goes out in the society to meet people and solve their problems, what kind of message are we giving out to society, to our kids? It all starts at home. What we do, our kids follow. A child who is taught the right culture at home…” he mentioned.
