Still object to ripped jeans: Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat after controversy

Asked to clarify his controversial remarks, Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat said on Thursday that he does not have a problem with women wearing jeans but has reservations about them wearing ripped jeans.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Thursday reiterated his controversial remarks aimed at women who wear 'ripped jeans'. Here's how people responded to the newly appointed Chief Minister of Uttarakhand landed himself in a controversy after he made a shocking remark on a woman who sat next to him on a flight, wearing ripped jeans and questioned her values.#NewsMo #RippedJeans #Vertical #Uttarakhand pic.twitter.com/mp939okF7b Hope the message is clear now https://t.co/dn1OLz9zYu Oh my God!!! Their knees are showing #RippedJeansTwitter pic.twitter.com/wWqDuccZkq Ripped Jeans aur Kitab.The country’s ‘sanskriti’ & ‘sanskaar’ are impacted by men who sit and judge women and their choices. Soch badlo Mukhyamantri Rawat ji, tabhi desh badlega. #RippedJeansTwitter pic.twitter.com/qYXcN88fY6 Almost two weeks after he took office, former BJP MP Tirath Singh Rawat triggered nationwide outrage after he said that women who wear ripped jeans send the wrong message to society and children. Asked to clarify, Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat (56) said that he does not have a problem with women wearing jeans. However, he maintained his objection to women wearing 'ripped jeans'.