NCP MEMBER Supriya Sule on Wednesday raised the Karnataka hijab controversy in Lok Sabha, suggesting that the ruling BJP wished to resolve what everybody should put on or eat and if anybody protested they might be known as anti-national.
Participating within the debate on Budget, Sule started her speech searching for the Chair’s permission to deviate from the topic. She then switched to Marathi and mentioned, “What one should wear, they will decide. What one should eat, they will decide. What time and where one should go, they will decide. What should be spoken and what not, they will decide. What should be shared and forwarded, they will decide. And if you criticize them, you will be accused of being anti-national. And if I protest, I will be branded as andolanjeevi.”
She made the feedback in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s presence within the House.
Sule once more introduced up the problem whereas speaking concerning the assertion of a Karnataka MLA who allegedly mentioned that rapes occur due to what ladies put on.
“Nirmala Sitharaman is a dignified girl and we’re each ladies. We each have daughters and I’m certain she could be very pleased with her daughter. What has occurred sadly in Karnataka… A BJP MLA from Karnataka has mentioned rapes are rising due to ladies’s clothes. If you put on a hijab, the BJP has drawback. If you put on different garments, then additionally they’ve an issue. You will do ethical policing additionally and thought policing additionally?” Sule mentioned.
She mentioned that as a result of Sitaram is elected from Karnataka, she was asking her for justice. “The Finance Minister seemed so dignified in a Sambalpuri saree when offered the Budget. We do not choose one another based mostly on clothes. I hope she is going to intervene. The House should condemn this… if any man says ladies get raped due to their garments,” Sule mentioned.
The comment that Sule was referring to got here from Karnataka BJP MLA Renukacharya. The MLA made the assertion as a response to Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi defending the proper to put on hijab with a remark {that a} girl might even put on bikini.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
