By means of PTI
DEHRADUN: Former Uttarakhand leader minister Tirath Singh Rawat has mentioned he does now not remorseful about his remarks on ripped denims, that had kicked up a typhoon ultimate yr, and that “perspectives stay unchanged”.
“I used to be by no means in opposition to dressed in denims. I personally wore it when I used to be more youthful. My commentary used to be in opposition to ripped denims and I keep on with it. Is not it odd that new pairs of denims are purchased from the marketplace and ripped right here and there the use of scissors earlier than being worn,” Rawat advised journalists at the sidelines of a programme held by way of the Global Society for Krishna Awareness (ISKCON) in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district on Sunday.
“Dressed in tattered garments used to be by no means part of the Indian tradition. Even nowadays, folks in India don’t attend purposes in ripped denims,” he mentioned.
Relating to Ecu devotees of ISKCON dressed in conventional Indian apparel corresponding to dhoti-kurta, Rawat mentioned it used to be odd that whilst folks from international nations had been embracing the Indian tradition, Indians had been giving up on them in a bid to imitate the West.
Rawat’s remarks quickly after changing into leader minister in March ultimate yr had brought on a furore with leaders slicing throughout political events and the media critically criticising him and terming his commentary sexist.
The previous leader minister mentioned his commentary can have resulted in an outrage in a bit of the media however discovered a large number of enhance on social media.
“I’m proud that lakhs of folks proportion my perspectives on ripped denims,” he mentioned.
Despite the fact that Rawat had the shortest tenure of lower than 4 months as the manager minister, his commentary regularly landed him in controversies.
The furore over his remarks in opposition to ripped denims had slightly subsided when he had walked into any other controversy pronouncing India used to be dominated for 200 years by way of america of The united states prompting the opposition leaders within the state to query his wisdom of historical past.