‘In Bihar, a girl can be found for ₹ 20-25 thousand…’, created uproar over the statement of minister’s husband

Updated: 02-01-2026, 12.17 PM

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Girdhari Lal Sahu, husband of Uttarakhand’s Women Empowerment and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya, has given such a statement regarding women due to which politics from Uttarakhand to Bihar has heated up. A video of Girdhari Lal Sahu is going viral in which he is telling people from the stage in a public program that she can get married for Rs 20-25 thousand in Bihar and he will get her married there. There has been an uproar after the video of this statement of Girdhari Lal Sahu surfaced.

What did the minister’s husband say?

Recently, Girdhari Lal Sahu, husband of Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya, made controversial remarks about women in a public program. He had said – “You will get married in old age, we have 3-4 children here. We will bring the girl from Bihar, she gets it for 20-25 thousand rupees in Bihar. Come, you come with us, we will get you married.”

Minister’s husband gave clarification

There was anger among the women of the entire state over the remarks of Girdhari Lal Sahu, husband of Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya. Especially the opposition party Congress strongly opposed it. Now Girdhari Lal Sahu, wife of Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya, has released a video through social media and given clarification regarding this matter. He said, “I have received information that on the invitation of Mandal President Ganesh Jalal ji, I had participated in the welcome ceremony of mothers, sisters and elders held in Daulaghat area of Someshwar Assembly last day. During that time, in my address, I discussed my friend’s marriage in a humorous form. Which is being distorted and presented in a wrong way in the society by my opponents and the Congress party, which is wrong and baseless. Still, if my words make any person feel If I have been hurt or felt bad, then I fold my hands and apologize to all of them.

RJD angry at BJP

On the ongoing controversy over the statement of Uttarakhand minister’s husband, RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari said – “Objectionable comments have been made on the sisters and daughters of Bihar, this cannot be tolerated at any cost. Bihar is the land of Mother Sita and those sitting in the government who talk about women empowerment, tell me what are they saying? Take strict action against them and the Bharatiya Janata Party should apologize. On one hand the Prime Minister talks about Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and on the other hand Someone will insult and abuse our sisters and daughters like this and BJP is silent, BJP will have to apologize.

Chairperson of Bihar Women’s Commission got angry

On the alleged statement of the husband of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Rekha Arya, Bihar Women’s Commission Chairperson Apsara said – “This statement shows her intellectual bankruptcy. When the women of Bihar are touching new heights, you are making such statements about the women of Bihar, which is condemnable. The Women’s Commission is taking suo motu cognizance and sending a letter to her. Today when the Chief Minister of Bihar is doing so much for the development and empowerment of women, women are working so hard and making great progress, Then you are saying such things about women. This is unforgivable. We want them to apologize for their statements.”

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