Launching an attack on UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath he wrote, Hijab is against secular dresscode but there is no issue if the CM of the largest state wears a religious attire
New Delhi: Taking to Twitter, CPI(M) Leader, John Brittas posted a video of him speaking at the Rajya Sabha, raising up the Hijab row. Launching an attack on UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath he wrote, Hijab is against secular dresscode but there is no issue if the CM of the largest state wears a religious attire.
He wrote, “Hijab is against secular dresscode but no issue if the CM of the largest state wears a religious attire! Quality of a democracy is always judged by the representation it gives to various sections & thats where we have to seriously ponder over!Spoke on pvt member resolution in RS.”
Hijab is against secular dresscode but no issue if the CM of the largest state wears a religious attire! Quality of a democracy is always judged by the representation it gives to various sections & thats where we have to seriously ponder over!Spoke on pvt member resolution in RS. pic.twitter.com/OGWlADSrof
— John Brittas (@JohnBrittas) February 10, 2023
In Rajya Sabha earlier in the day he raised the Hijab issue. He claimed that over a lakh female Muslim students have dropped out of government colleges in Karnataka after the controversial ban on head coverings in educational institutions in the state.
He made these remarks as he took part in a discussion on private member resolution, moved by Abdul Wahab of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Brittas stated that Wahab’s resolution lacked clarity in highlighting matters that have gone against Muslims. Then giving an example of the Hijab row, Brittas said he said as a result of the controversy, more than one lakh Muslim girls backed out of government colleges in Karnataka alone.
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He said that there is a drastic drop in the admission of Muslim girls in educational institutions, adding that it should have been the other way round.
“In Supreme Court, the Karnataka government filed an affidavit in the hijab case and said that it was not allowing hijab to ensure a secular dress code for college students. Fair enough. In a country like India, the largest state, that is Uttar Pradesh, the chief minister is sporting religious attire. No issues,” Brittas said.
Wahab also called for the creation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) or judicial commission to “study the evictions that have been carried out as a form of collective and arbitrary punishment against the Muslim minority and low-income communities” under the direction of a retired Supreme Court judge.
Citing certain instances in Uttarakhand and Assam, Wahab said, “In the last few months, a new pattern has emerged to evict and bulldoze properties.”
He said, “I propose that the House urges upon the government to implement the recommendations of the Sachar Committee report and other reports that have discussed the educational and social backwardness of Muslims.”
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