With the political temperature in Bihar rising in the election year, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rabri Devi exchanged sharp barbs in the Legislative Council. Mr Kumar said the RJD did nothing for Bihar's women when it was in power and jabbed Lalu Yadav, saying that he made his wife the Chief Minister before stepping down. Rabri Devi, who became Chief Minister after Lalu Yadav had to resign after an arrest warrant was issued against him in a corruption case, said Nitish Kumar claims Bihar's women had no clothes before he took the reins of the state. "Were his family members roaming around naked then?"