A woman can choose to wear jeans or hijab: Priyanka
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India’s Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today (Wednesday) said that 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 pair of jeans or a hijab, reports Hindustan Times.
The opposition party leader said this in a tweet in regard to a row over wearing hijab to class in various parts of the southern Indian state Karnataka.
Priyanka linked the issue with the Congress’s poll slogan of women empowerment in Uttar Pradesh — “Ladki hoon lad sakti hoon”.
Congress has been supporting the protesting students with former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, and Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor extending their support to the cause.
“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.
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