Janjivan Bureau / Patna : On the Virginity issue, Bihar government dropped the word ‘virginity’ and replaced it with ‘unmarried’ in declaration form of Patna’s reputed Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences for its fresh recruits. On Wednesday Bihar Health minister Mangal Pandey take it very easy and said nothing wrong in this matter.
“I……Declare as under,” the declaration form begins, and adds in the second column: “That I am a bachelor/widower/virgin.” The form stands corrected today and the option of the word ‘virgin’ has been replaced with the word ‘unmarried’.
The form has been a practice at the institute for many years now, officials said and is part of standard procedure in accordance with the central service rules followed by Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Reports said that the office of the Chief Minister sought a report from the institute after the controversy over the column in the form.
