One day the girl wearing hijab will be the Prime Minister of India
The controversy over the hijab, which started from a local school in the Indian state of Karnataka, has taken on an international dimension and new aspects are being added to it every day in India as well.
The latest 'progress' is a statement by Asaduddin Owaisi, leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-e-Muslimeen and Member of Parliament, in which he said that a girl wearing hijab would one day become the Prime Minister of India.
Hindu nationalist leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has strongly objected to the statement.
Asaduddin Owaisi, dubbed the 'New Jinnah of India' by extremist Hindus, told an election rally in Lucknow, "If a girl decides to wear hijab and ask her parents She asks permission and her father allows her to wear hijab, so who can stop her from wearing hijab? we watch.
He further added, "You will remember that I may not be alive at the moment but a girl wearing hijab will one day become the Prime Minister of this country."
In a statement posted on Twitter, Asaduddin Owaisi said that girls wear hijab, they wear niqab and go to college. Becoming a doctor, becoming a collector, becoming an SDM (subdivisional magistrate) and becoming a businessman.
He said that wearing hijab is a basic right of a girl.
Reaction of Yogi Adityanath
Asaduddin Owaisi's party is also in the fray in the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP), the most politically important state in India. He has declared his candidacy for about 100 seats in the 403-member assembly.
Talking to media, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath strongly objected to Owaisi's statement.
He said that India would run according to the constitution and not on the basis of religious beliefs and personal likes and dislikes of the people.
Yogi Adityanath, who always wore saffron Hindu religious attire, said, "I firmly believe that the system should be run in accordance with the Indian Constitution. We cannot impose our personal beliefs, our fundamental rights, our personal likes and dislikes on the country and its institutions.
''Am I asking the people of UP and my workers to wear saffron clothes? Wear whatever you want to wear. But schools should have a dress code. It's a matter of school, it's a matter of school discipline,'' The Chief Minister further said.
Yogi Adityanath said that every person may have different beliefs but when we talk about institutions, we should also accept their rules, "We only know that according to the system (Islamic) Sharia It will not work, but it will work according to the constitution.''
Hijab controversy begins in court
The hearing on the hijab controversy is set to begin on Monday, February 14 in the Karnataka High Court. A three-member bench headed by the Chief Justice of the High Court is hearing the case, challenging the state government's ban on female students wearing hijab in schools.
Meanwhile, schools in Karnataka reopened on Monday after a meeting between local administrations and political and social leaders in different districts of the state on Sunday evening.
Earlier, in response to statements made by several countries on the hijab controversy, the Indian Foreign Ministry had said that the matter was currently in court and "such foreign comments on India's internal affairs are not correct and These statements are based on specific interests and motives. "