A day after Uttarakhand Chief Minister바카라s ripped jeans remark created a social media furore, Tirath Singh Rawat spoke to Aaj Tak and said that he doesn바카라t mind women wearing jeans, but he still has a problem with ripped and torn ones.
'I have come from a normal rural family and our schools followed a certain discipline and dress code,' Tirath Singh Rawat said
A day after Uttarakhand Chief Minister바카라s ripped jeans remark created a social media furore, Tirath Singh Rawat spoke to Aaj Tak and said that he doesn바카라t mind women wearing jeans, but he still has a problem with ripped and torn ones.
While answering a question over his controversial remarks aimed at women who wear 바카라ripped jeans바카라, he said, 바카라I don바카라t mind jeans but even today, I object to ripped jeans.바카라
He went on to explain the reason behind his objection and emphasised on a proper dress code. 바카라I have come from a normal rural family and our schools followed a certain discipline and dress code. Whenever our pants got ripped while going to school, we used to fear how will we face our Guru ji and used to cover the torn part. Nowadays when children buy jeans worth Rs 2000-4000, he first sees whether the jeans are ripped. If it isn바카라t, he goes home and runs scissors on it. So what bad did I say,바카라 he said.
Earlier in the day, his wife also came forward in his defence, saying his words were not being presented in full context. In a statement through a video, Rawat바카라s wife Rashmi Tyagi on Thursday said that the entire context in which he made the comment is not being described.
바카라He (Tirath Singh Rawat) said that women바카라s participation is unprecedented in building the society and the country. It is the responsibility of the women of our country to save our cultural heritage, save our identity, save our costumes,바카라 Rashmi said.
What had happened?
While speaking at a workshop organised by the Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Dehradun on Tuesday, Rawat said that he was shocked to see a woman running an NGO in ripped jeans, and was concerned about the kind of example she was setting for the society. The CM said due to a lack of values, youngsters these days follow strange fashion trends and consider themselves to be big shots after wearing jeans ripped at the knees, while women also follow such trends.
Soon after his comment went viral, people started reacting. A social media campaign with hashtags such as #GirlsWhoWearRippedJeans and #GreetingsFromMyNakedKnee trended on Twitter throughout Wednesday and Thursday. Social media users especially women shared photos of themselves in ripped jeans, as mark of protest, while opposition party leaders also criticised his statement.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a dig at BJP leaders tweeting pictures of various saffron party leaders in 바카라khaki바카라 half pants with the caption: 바카라Oh my God!!! Their knees are showing.바카라
Shiv Sena바카라s Priyanka Chaturvedi also slammed him saying, 바카라Soch badlo Mukhyamantri Rawat ji, tabhi desh badlega (change your thinking CM Rawat Ji, only then the country will change)바카라. Sharing a picture of hers wearing ripped jeans, Chaturvedi tweeted a strong response against CM Rawat바카라s remark and said that the country바카라s culture are impacted by men who sit and judge women and their choices.