Panaji: As the controversy over wearing 'hijab' on campus raged in Karnataka, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the BJP of trying to redefine religion and dictating women what to wear in India.
Priyanka was speaking at an election rally in the St Cruz assembly constituency in North Goa,
"...we believe that the conversation between us has to be about development. It has to be about progress. It has to be about education, health, jobs, and women's safety. This is the conversation that should take place. It should not be a conversation filled with negativity in which one ideology is telling women what to wear," Vadra said.
She also accused the Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party of trying to split the anti-BJP vote, adding that the two parties had come to Goa from outside the state only to fulfill their own ambitions of expanding it across the country.
The Congress leader's comment comes days after hijab-wearing students were debarred from entering an educational institute in Karnataka.
"It is telling you that you should fight amongst yourselves. It is redefining your religions for you. That is not what it should be. The conversation in every election, with every political party, must be on what they are going to provide for you and your development," Vadra said.