Opposition Congress today slammed Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Rustam Singh's remark that only a woman can tell whether her husband is impotent.
The issue of impotency among men and childless couples came up in reply to a written question in the state Assembly today.
Speaking to media outside the Assembly later, Singh said, "We cannot comment on a man's impotency. Only his wife knows it and can tell about it.
"No man will ever disclose that he is impotent," Singh said to a query.
The state government doesn't have any scheme for addressing the issue of impotency among men, he said.
Reacting to the minister's statement, Congress leader Bhupendra Gupta said, "Singh's statement was indecent...such words are not expected from a minister."
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should sack Singh immediately, he demanded.
Congress MLA Sunderlal Tiwari had asked in a written question in the Assembly whether the state government had drawn up any plan for addressing the issue of "decrease in men's sperm count and impotency", especially in Rewa district.
The minister, in his reply, said 126 childless couples were identified at a health camp for women in Rewa division recently.
There was a scheme under which childless couples who are in the below-poverty-line category can receive treatment, he said in the reply.
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