Ripped Jeans Controversy: After the newly elected Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat gave a controversial comment it created a furore among the many Netizens with Bollywood celebrities and opposition leaders slamming Rawat for judging girls for sporting the selection of their garments. While the nation is demanding an apology from the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, his spouse defended his assertion on Thursday, saying his phrases weren’t being introduced in full context.
In an announcement, Rawat’s spouse Rashmi Tyagi stated that all the context during which he made the remark shouldn’t be being described.
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”He (Tirath Singh Rawat) stated that ladies’s participation is unprecedented in constructing the society and the nation. It is the duty of the ladies of our nation to avoid wasting our cultural heritage, save our identification, save our costumes,” Rashmi, who has been Miss Meerut, clarified.
What did Tirath Singh Rawat Say?
At an occasion on Tuesday, Rawat criticised girls for sporting ripped denims and puzzled what values they’ll impart to their kids, triggering a protest from opposition events.
The Uttarakhand chief minister stated resulting from an absence of values, children lately comply with unusual vogue developments and think about themselves to be huge photographs after sporting denims ripped on the knees, whereas girls additionally comply with such developments.
He stated children go to the market to purchase ripped denims and If they don’t discover one, they reduce their denims utilizing scissors.
Rawat went on to explain the apparel of a lady, who as soon as sat subsequent to him on a flight.
He stated the girl was sporting boots, denims ripped on the knees and several other bangles in her fingers with two kids travelling together with her. “She runs an NGO, goes out in the society and has two children, but she wears jeans ripped at the knees. What values will she impart?” he requested.
Opposition events demand a public apology from Uttarakhand CM
Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a dig on the BJP over Rawat’s remarks.
Posting images on Twitter of the Prime Minister, Union minister Nitin Gadkari and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat sporting the organisation’s conventional khaki shorts, she stated: “Oh my God!!! Their knees are showing.”
Surjewala stated Rawat must be ashamed of himself as his job is to offer good governance and never taking a look at girls with such ideas.
“If the slightest shame is left, he should resign from the post or apologise to the women of the country,” he stated.
Congress chief Alka Lamba stated many BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders have made comparable remarks in opposition to girls prior to now.
She stated the ladies of the nation are offended over the current remarks as these have come from a newly-appointed chief minister.
(With PTI inputs)
