Priyanka Gandhi, in charge of Congress poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, seems to have spread herself thin. Days after snapping at a reporter for asking her about the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the ongoing state assembly election, Priyanka Gandhi lost her calm on Wednesday after a reporter questioned her over her remark on Karnataka hijab row.
during a press conference on Karnataka hijab row, the Congress general secretary said, “A woman has the right to wear whatever she wants, whether it is a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab. No should tell her what to wear.”
A journalist, present at the conference, asked, “what a bikini has to do when we are talking about school uniforms?”.
The question visibly perplexed Priyanka Gandhi. Caught off guard, Priyanka said, “Words can be twisted whichever way you would like, but fact is women cannot be told what to wear.”
Counter Question by Journo to Priyanka Gandhi on her absurd tweet that how can Bikini be allowed in School has her going around in circles #PriyankaGandhi #HijabRow pic.twitter.com/FEBWwlws2j
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a few days ago, Priyanka Gandhi had snapped at a reporter for asking if she will be the party’s CM face in UP.
When asked about the CM face in the state, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Do you see anybody else’s face from the Congress party [in UP]? Dikh to raha hai na sab jagah mera chehra [You can see my face everywhere, can’t you].”
Later, she clarified that she did not say she was going to be the CM face. She said so only because she was irritated.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Priyanka Gandhi said, “I am not saying that I am the [CM] face [of Congress in the Uttar Pradesh elections]. I said that in irritation because you all were asking the same question again and again.”
What is Karnataka hijab row
The Karnataka hijab row started on January 1 after the management of a government pre-university college in the coastal town of Udupi in Karnataka barred six Muslim girls from attending classes for wearing hijab as the dress was against prescribed norms of the college.
The issue has now spiraled into a massive controversy with Hindu college students now sporting saffron scarves and waving saffron flags, demanding permission to display their religious attires and symbols if hijab is allowed in educational institutions.
After protests in Bagalkot turned violent, and section 144 was imposed in Shivamogga as the hijab-versus-saffron scarves protests escalated on Tuesday, the Karnataka CM ordered schools and colleges to be shut for the next three days. In Udupi, a group of protesters threw stones at each other and a saffron flag was hoisted outside a school.
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