"Double Standards": Kerala Leader's Hijab Remark Sparks Outrage
NDTV
CPI(M) leader Anil Kumar reportedly said that it was due to the influence of the Marxist party that the women of the Muslim-dominated Malappuram district had abandoned "thattam", the headscarf.
An alleged controversial remark made by a senior CPI(M) leader regarding the traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women in Kerala has landed the ruling party in soup with several religious outfits and scholars coming out against it.
While speaking at a recent event organised by an atheist outfit in Thiruvananthapuram, CPI(M) leader Anil Kumar reportedly said that it was due to the influence of the Marxist party that the women of the Muslim-dominated Malappuram district had abandoned "thattam", the headscarf.
He also said Muslim women in the southern state should thank not Albert Einstein but the Communist party for not starving.
