Hijab Row Live Updates: Karnataka BJP Tweets Details Of Girls, Deletes After Backlash
NDTV
The Pre-University Colleges, from where the controversy started, will open today along with other colleges of higher studies, after almost a week of closure.
The Karnataka unit of the BJP committed a faux pas today, sharing on social media the personal details of students who filed petitions against the restrictions on use of hijab in educational institutions, which are currently being heard by the High Court. But the tweet was hugely criticized as some of the petitioners were minors and within minutes, it was deleted.
The caption that accompanied the screenshot of personal details of the students, read: "Five of the students involved in #HijabRow are minors. Don't CONgress leaders Sonia, Rahul & Priyanka have any guilt for using minor girls to stay relevant in politics? How low will they stoop to win elections? Is this what "Ladki hoo lad sakti hoon" means, @priyankagandhi?"
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi reacted immediately, calling the tweet "insensitive". She also sought action in the matter, tagging the police, Twitter and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
The Rajya Sabha member - who is also part of the Parliamentary Commission of Women Empowerment -- demanded that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights take up the issue immediately.
