NEW DELHI: BJP on Thursday announced the parallel drawn between hijab and turban and blamed Congress for linking the two, emphasizing that hijab petitioners were linked with the opposition party.
BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa cited examples to prove his point that Congress was trying to provoke Sikhs and create communal disharmony through the hijab row.
“Glaring Facts: Sr Adv Devadatt Kamat, who appeared in Karnataka HC to support Hijab appointed as chairman of Congress legal coordination committee for the UP election. Advocate Ravi Kumar Verma, the petitioner’s lawyer who presented whataboutery on Turban, is a Congress beneficiary and was appointed Adv General by state Cong Govt. Senior Congress leader Sunil Jhakhar did a press conference and linked Hijab with Turban directly tried to involve SGPC,” Sirsa tweeted.
Referring to the views of actress Sonam Kapoor that “if turban can be a choice, why not a hijab?”, the BJP leader said, “Congress involved their favorite celebrities who equalled Hijab and Turban. Congress gameplan to alienate Sikhs from Indian mainstream is clear. ,
Sirsa also referred to Congress leader Sunil Jakhar‘s recent remarks that if questions are being raised on the hijab today, then tomorrow questions may also arise on the turban of the Sikhs. He had also asked PM Narendra Modi to speak on the controversy.
Jakhar had also raised questions on the silence of Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee (SGPC) and Akal Takht on the hijab issue. Sirsa said, Jakhar did a press conference and linked hijab with turban directly and tried to involve SGPC.
BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa cited examples to prove his point that Congress was trying to provoke Sikhs and create communal disharmony through the hijab row.
“Glaring Facts: Sr Adv Devadatt Kamat, who appeared in Karnataka HC to support Hijab appointed as chairman of Congress legal coordination committee for the UP election. Advocate Ravi Kumar Verma, the petitioner’s lawyer who presented whataboutery on Turban, is a Congress beneficiary and was appointed Adv General by state Cong Govt. Senior Congress leader Sunil Jhakhar did a press conference and linked Hijab with Turban directly tried to involve SGPC,” Sirsa tweeted.
Referring to the views of actress Sonam Kapoor that “if turban can be a choice, why not a hijab?”, the BJP leader said, “Congress involved their favorite celebrities who equalled Hijab and Turban. Congress gameplan to alienate Sikhs from Indian mainstream is clear. ,
Sirsa also referred to Congress leader Sunil Jakhar‘s recent remarks that if questions are being raised on the hijab today, then tomorrow questions may also arise on the turban of the Sikhs. He had also asked PM Narendra Modi to speak on the controversy.
Jakhar had also raised questions on the silence of Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee (SGPC) and Akal Takht on the hijab issue. Sirsa said, Jakhar did a press conference and linked hijab with turban directly and tried to involve SGPC.
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