Hijab Row: Congress Fueling Controversy, Spreading ‘Misinformation’, Says Union Minister

The Union Minister further said that organisations were being granted permission to hold demonstrations in their respective areas and asked where the Hijab was being banned. 

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | File Image

New Delhi: Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slammed the Congress party on Thursday saying that it worked to fuel the Hijab row and also initiated a campaign to spread misinformation on the uniform. 

"The manner in which the culture, culture and Constitution of India is being attacked through communal outcry of hijab, I have to say that the Congress party, which worked to fuel the controversy of this hijab, have started a campaign to spread misinformation on 'uniform'," quotes ANI as Naqvi said. 

The Union Minister further said that organisations were being granted permission to hold demonstrations in their respective areas and asked where the Hijab was being banned. 

Tell me where hijab is banned in this country. You walk around wearing a hijab on the street, you walk around the market wearing a hijab, you walk around your house wearing a hijab, and can go anywhere wearing a hijab. It is not like those countries where hijab is completely banned," he said.

Naqvi stressed that there are institutions which have their own dress code and decorum.

"If you have constitutional rights, then there is some constitutional duty as well. Those who are under the misconception that they will succeed in trying to defame this country through such communal frenzy, communal outcry and communal horror shows, then, it is their misunderstanding," he said.

Regarding the issue of Hijab in educational institutions, the Karnataka Minority Welfare Department issued an order on Thursday restraining students from the minority institutions run by government from wearing hijab, scarfs or saffron shawls.