The Delhi-headquartered feminine hygiene firm has come forward to fund the education of Riya Kumari’s graduation. She is the same girl, who won the internet after she asked for free sanitary pads from the government.

The Bihar girl is currently enrolled in a BA course at Ram Vilas Rai College, Hajipur in Vaishali. And not only her education will be sponsored but the supply of ‘everteen’ sanitary pads will be given to for the next one year.

For the unversed, a Bihar IAS officer triggered a massive social media outrage over her response to a girl’s demand for free sanitary napkins during a seminar in Sashakt Beti, Samriddh Bihar in the state capital Patna on Tuesday.

The managing director of Bihar’s Women Development Corporation and IAS, Harjot Kaur Bamhrah was asked by the girl if the government could provide free sanitary pads to girls as it is providing numerous other facilities for free.

Responding to the question, which got applauded by the audience, the IAS said today she asked for sanitary pads and in future, she will also ask the government for free condoms. She further questioned why people need everything for free and said ‘this mentality is incorrect.’

During her speech on stage, the IAS officer said, that tomorrow the girls will ask the government for jeans. And in the end, they will ask the government for family planning methods and free condoms too. However, the official regretted her comments on Thursday after she was criticized for her statement.

On the other hand, Riya Kumari who also lost her father in 2022, expressed her gratefulness towards the sanitary pads company for sponsoring her education. She lives with her edler brother, Ghosu Paswan, works as a porter to support his six siblings and mother, a homemaker.

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