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When Lalu Prasad gave nod for leave during menstruation -Ankita Dwivedi Johri

-The Indian Express

Nearly 30 years ago, the Lalu Prasad government in Bihar introduced the step of menstrual leave for working women — revolutionary both for the state (which lags on most development indices), and for its time (when women formed a small portion of working staff).

Zomato’s decision to grant menstrual leave to its women employees has sparked a polarised discussion on whether such a policy will sow seeds of discrimination at the workplace or offer relief for women dealing with crippling pain every month. What remains relatively untalked of is how, nearly 30 years ago, the Lalu Prasad government in Bihar introduced such a step for working women — revolutionary both for the state (which lags on most development indices), and for its time (when women formed a small portion of working staff).

Rambali Prasad, general secretary of the Bihar Non-Gazetted Employees’ Federation (Gope faction), recalls that it was 1990 and Lalu had become CM of Bihar for the first time, leading the Janata Dal to power and marking a historical shift in the balance of power to backward castes in the state.

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