"Hijab Politics": Telangana Chief Minister's Attack On BJP
NDTV
"What does the government have to do with who wears what? Why the hijab controversy? Why are you charging up the atmosphere?" Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said at the Telangana assembly
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao attacked the Centre again today over the hijab row, accusing it of playing "hijab panchayati" (politics over hijab). During his reply to the discussion on budget in Telangana assembly, Mr Rao said the BJP "uses every opportunity to create communal divide".
"What does the government have to do with who wears what? Why the hijab controversy? Why are you charging up the atmosphere?" he questioned at the state assembly, referring to the massive row in BJP-ruled Karnataka.
The neighbouring state has been on the boil since December last year over the issue, which has now ended up in the Supreme Court. Earlier today, the Karnataka High Court upheld the ban on head scarves in educational institutions, saying hijab is not an essential practice in Islam.
The students who had challenged the ban in the High Court had contended that as an essential practice, hijab is protected under Article 25 of the constitution.
