No, the education minister did not call his own daughter a 'broiler chicken'

What is the claim?

A Facebook card circulating under the name of the outlet Kalbela claims that the education minister called his own daughter "like a broiler chicken." The card attributes the statement to Chhatra Dal leader Nasir Uddin, and the attached video shows him speaking to reporters.

The card carries one message: the minister called his own daughter a "chicken," not the students, so there was no insult to examinees.

That is not what happened.

Verdict: False, here is why

1. The "farm chicken" line was aimed at the examinees, not his daughter

Reports by Jugantor ^[1], Prothom Alo ^[2], Desh Rupantor ^[3] and bdnews24 ^[4] carry the relevant part of Education Minister Dr. A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon's conversation: "My daughter gets a fever the moment she gets a little wet... these ones are farm chickens. They catch a fever the moment they get a little wet."

Here the words "farm chickens" describe "these ones," meaning the examinees. His daughter was mentioned only as an example of someone who catches fever easily. He did not call his daughter a "chicken"; the label was directed at the students.

2. The word was "farm chicken," not "broiler chicken"

The viral clip and every mainstream outlet quote the phrase as "farm chicken" (ফার্মের মুরগি). The Kalbela-branded card changes the word to "broiler chicken" and pins it on the minister's daughter. Both the wording and the target are distorted.

3. The students themselves understood who was meant

Had the remark been about his daughter, there would have been no reason to take to the streets. Yet on 14 July 2026, HSC examinees blocked roads at Science Lab and Uttara in Dhaka, and protested in Bogura and Barishal, chanting "Who am I, who are you, farm chicken, farm chicken" and "One demand, Milon's resignation" ^[2][3]. The students recognised that they were the ones being called farm chickens.

So what did the minister actually say?

This year's HSC and equivalent exams are being held amid disastrous weather, continuous rain and waterlogging. Students were already angry about it.

Against that backdrop, on the night of Sunday, 12 July 2026, a video of Minister Milon's conversation spread on Facebook. Referring to examinees falling sick after getting wet, he said, "These are farm chickens, they will catch a fever the moment they get wet in the rain" ^[1]. The remark was widely seen as demeaning to students, and it triggered the calls for his resignation.

So it is true that the minister made the "farm chicken" remark. But he said it about the examinees, not about his own daughter.

How was the claim distorted?

Nasir Uddin is a leader of Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the BNP. The card frames his words to suggest the minister was talking about a member of his own family rather than the students. That framing shifts the target of the real event and works to soften a remark that had put the minister under intense criticism.

Conclusion

The minister did use the words "farm chicken," but he directed them at HSC examinees, not at his daughter. The claim that he "called his own daughter a broiler chicken" changes both the target and the wording. The claim is therefore false.