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Bihar health minister says ‘Virgin means Unmarried Girl’, kicks up row

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Bihar health minister says ‘Virgin means Unmarried Girl’, kicks up row

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The minister, Mangal Pandey, had said there was nothing wrong in Patna-based Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) asking doctors to declare their virginity and if they had more than one wife as part of their marital declaration

A day after a bizarre marital declaration form issued by the Patna-based Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) for its staff asking them to declare whether they were “bechelor, widower or virgin (sic)” kicked up a row, Bihar health minister Mangal Pandey caught himself in the eye of a storm for not only suggesting that there was nothing wrong with the institute’s move but, in an utterly ridiculous explanation, also asserting that “virgin means an unmarried girl”.

Pandey, a BJP legislator who was recently sworn-in to the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government after his famous power-swap, had been asked by various mediapersons in Patna to explain why medical practitioners were required to give a declaration of their ‘virginity’ and why should they be asked if they had been “married to a person who has no other wife living (sic)” or if they have “more than one wife”.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1501756170652{border-top-width: 20px !important;background-color: #a2b1bf !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Bihar health minister says ‘Virgin means Unmarried Girl’, kicks up row

The form, riddled with errors, gave applicants three options to disclose their marital status:

  1. I am a ”bechelor”/widower/virgin (sic).
  2. I am married and have only one wife living.
  3. I am married to a person who has no other wife living/ I am married to a person who has another wife living.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]In what can only be termed as an unapologetic display of his lack of knowledge and a cavalier disregard for people’s sensitivity, Pandey said, on Thursday: “I have looked up ‘virgin’ in the dictionary. It means kanya, kunwari (girl, unmarried) or Punya Bhumi (sacred land)… I don’t see anything objectionable in this.”

The minister further added that he had also spoken to IGIMS officials after the controversy over the declaration form broke out and was informed that “the same format for marital declaration is followed by All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS).

The minister’s weird comments went viral on social media, with several members of the Twitteratti reacting to Pandey’s new ‘definition’ for virginity.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Bihar health minister says ‘Virgin means Unmarried Girl’, kicks up row

Later on Thursday, as controversy over Pandey’s comments and the institute’s declaration form began attracting media attention, IGIMS withdrew the document and issued a new marital declaration form which did not have the word ‘virgin’. However, the institute retained other bizarre questions regarding disclosure of whether the employee has “only one wife living” or in case of a female employee if her “husband has no other living wife”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, wife Gurpreet Kaur blessed with a baby girl

Mann is the first chief minister in the history of re-organised Punjab to become a father while in office. He is 51 years old.

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhaghwant Mann and his wife Gurpreet Kaur were blessed with a baby girl on Thursday. Mann took to X and posted that the Almighty has given him the gift of a daughter. He said both the mother and the girl are healthy. According to reports the baby was delivered at Fortis hospital Mohali.

Mann is the first chief minister in the history of re-organised Punjab to become a father while in office. He is 51 years old. He has 2 children with his ex-wife, who is now settled in Canada with the 2 children.  

Mann also shared the picture of his daughter in another post. Mann had married Kaur in 2022 after he separated from his first wife in 2015. His wedding was held at his residence in Chandigarh and was attended by select guests like Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, MP Raghav Chadha.

The Punjab chief minister’s family members including his mother and his sister were also part of the wedding, which was carried out according to Sikh rituals. Comedian turned politician Bhagwant Mann became an MP from Sangrur for the first time when he won the 2014 Lok Sabha election on Aam Aadmi Party ticket.

His first wife Inderjit Kaur also campaigned for him during the elections. Before the Punjab assembly election the Aam Aadmi Party declared him as his CM face for Punjab. He won the elections with a thumping victory. Bhagwant Mann is the 17th chief minister of Punjab. Mann’s 2nd wife Gurpreet Kaur, born in 1993, is a doctor by profession and studied MBBS in Ambala. She hails from Pehowa town in Kurukshetra district. According to reports Gurpreet Kaur’s family and Mann’s family have known each other for a long time.

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Dera chief of Uttarakhand’s Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara shot dead within premises

Baba Tarsem Singh was hurried to a hospital in Khatima where he died during treatment.

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Dera chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurudwara in Uttarakhand was shot dead within the premises of the shrine by two bike-borne assailants on Thursday. A CCTV footage showed the brutal killing of the dera chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara.

The footage shared by news agency PTI shows the dera chief sitting on a chair at around 6:30 am in the premises when two bike-borne assailants arrived and fired at him. Udham Singh Nagar, SSP, Manju Nath asserted that Baba Tarsem Singh was hurried to a hospital in Khatima where he died during treatment.

Notably, the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara is a revered Sikh shrine situated on the Rudrapur-Tanakpur route in Udham Singh Nagar district of the state. Reportedly, the Uttarakhand Police has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the chilling murder. 

Furthermore, additional police personnel have been deployed in the Nanakmatta area of Udham Singh Nagar district to ensure peace. The police have also appealed to the Sikh community to maintain peace. The Police officials have also contacted central agencies to share useful input, and a massive search operation is underway to nab the culprits.

Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Abhinav Kumar said that they received information around 7 am on Thursday that between 6:15-6:30 am, two masked assailants entered Nanakmatta Gurdwara and shot Kar Seva Pramukh Baba Tarsem Singh. He added that the Dera chief was rushed to the hospital in Khatima, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The DGP mentioned that this is a very serious matter and that senior officials have reached the spot. He affirmed that DIG Kumaon will inspect the scene of the crime and speak to the locals. Furthermore, he will try to assess the situation there. Abhinav Kumar also mentioned that for investigation of the incident, Police Headquarters has formed an SIT, which will comprise officials of STF and local Police.

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US reiterates its call for fair, transparent, legal process for Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, speaks on Congress frozen accounts

The US spokesperson said that they are also aware of the Congress party’s allegations that tax authorities have frozen some of their bank accounts in a manner that will make it challenging to effectively campaign in the upcoming elections.

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A day after India summoned an US diplomat over their remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case, the US reiterated its call for fair, transparent, timely legal processes on Wednesday.

Responding to questions on India summoning Gloria Berbena, the US Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in New Delhi, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that they will continue to follow these actions closely, including the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Notably, the meeting at the foreign ministry’s South Block office lasted nearly 40 minutes yesterday with India objecting strongly to the US remarks on the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal.

Matthew Miller also responded to a question on the Congress party’s frozen bank accounts. The US spokesperson said that they are also aware of the Congress party’s allegations that tax authorities have frozen some of their bank accounts in a manner that will make it challenging to effectively campaign in the upcoming elections. He added that the US encourages fair, transparent and timely legal processes for each of the issues.

Arvind Kejriwal was arrested last week by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection to the Delhi liquor policy scam. Earlier, AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Sanjay Singh were arrested in the same case.

The External Affairs Ministry had earlier stated that states are expected to be respectful of the sovereignty and internal affairs of others, and this responsibility is even more so in case of fellow democracies, adding that it could otherwise end up setting unhealthy precedents.

The Ministry further emphasized that India’s legal processes are based on an independent judiciary which is committed to objective and timely outcomes. It mentioned that casting aspersions on India’s legal procedure is unwarranted.

The United State’s remarks followed days after Germany’s Foreign Office stressed that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is entitled to a fair and impartial trial. The Indian government labelled their remark as blatant interference in internal matters.

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