Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said it is a woman’s right to decide what she wants to wear. The right has been guaranteed by the Indian Constitution, the Congress general secretary said adding that a woman can choose to wear a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab.
The comments come amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka owing to which all educations institutions have been shut for three days. Priyanka linked the issue with the Congress’s poll slogan of women empowerment in Uttar Pradesh ‘Ladki hoon lad Sakti hoon’
The matter is in the court. The high court will resume hearing the plea of the Muslim students seeking their right to wear the hijab inside the classroom.
By letting students’ hijab come in the way of their education, we are robbing the future of the daughters of India. Ma Saraswati gives knowledge to all. She doesn’t differentiate,” Rahul had tweeted earlier.
BJP’s Amit Malviya on Wednesday tweeted, “Is the right to wear a hijab a Constitutional right? Religious freedom under Art 25 is subject to Constitutional morality and the State can legitimately restrict it on grounds of public order and morality. What if women in uniformed services start demanding the right to wear hijab?”.
