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The suspense regarding the politics of Uttarakhand for the last 3 days is over. Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Friday night. He was able to remain CM only for 4 months (115 days). But in this short tenure, he remained in the discussion about many statements. When the controversy escalated, he had to apologise. Read 5 controversial statements of Tirath in 4 months…
March 13: Tirath Singh Rawat objected to women wearing ripped jeans at a workshop in Dehradun. He had said, ‘Nowadays women also wear torn jeans. Their knees are visible, how are these rituals? Where are these rituals coming from? What are the children learning from this and what message do women want to give to the society?
Bollywood and political personalities objected to this statement of Tirath. The ruckus increased so much that after three days Tirath had to apologize and clarify that his statement was about the rituals. If someone has to wear torn jeans, then wear it. If someone’s heart is hurt by his statement, then he apologizes for that.
Many celebrities of the country had reacted sharply to the statement of Tirath’s torn jeans. The #RippedJeansTwitter hashtag trended on social media in protest against Tirath’s statement.
March 15: Tirath Singh Rawat compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lord Ram. Inaugurating the Netra Kumbh in Haridwar, he had said that in the coming times, we will start treating Narendra Modi like Ram. Congress retaliated on his statement.
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat said, ‘It can be laughed at. This is an insult to our religious faith. Rama and Krishna whom our Vedas have considered as the form of God. It’s an insult to them too. Modi ji himself will not like the fact that he is considered as a part incarnation of God.
March 21: In a program organized in Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat said that those who produced more children got more ration from the government during the lockdown. At the same time, in the second statement, Rawat said that India was enslaved by America for 200 years. Tirath here spoke America instead of Britain.
14 April: This time Tirath Singh Rawat gave an absurd statement about Kumbh and Corona. He had said that corona will not spread due to the grace of Mother Ganga in Kumbh. It has also been said that it is wrong to compare Kumbh and Markaz. According to Rawat, the corona spread from Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi last year from a closed room, because everyone was in one room there, while the Kumbh area in Haridwar is in an open environment till Neelkanth and Devprayag.
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