BJP wants to polarise situation to get benefit in UP election: Mehbooba Mufti on hijab row

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti slamming BJP on hijab row said, “The dress code is part of the culture. They are trying to convert this Gandhi's India minor Godse's India." 

Kupwara: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti bashed BJP during her border district tour of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara, saying that the saffron party is “hellbent to divide this country”. 

Mufti said the recent hijab row is another example of that. She further said that one fails to understand that "hijab" or "ghunghat" is part of traditions and questioned why they want to change it.

Speaking to the media, she said, “BJP wants to polarise the situation to get benefits in elections and it looks like a conspiracy to keep the Muslim girl child away from education.”