No reason to link everything to RSS: Dattatray Hosabale on Rawat's 'ripped jeans' remark

Defending Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat for his remark on ripped jeans, RSS General Secretary Dattatray Hosabale said Rawat is capable of justifying his comment and added that there is no reason to link everything to the RSS.

Bengaluru:RSS General Secretary Dattatray Hosabale on Saturday said Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat is capable of answering on his 'ripped jeans' remark and added that there is no reason to link everything to the RSS.

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"The person, whose name you took, is capable of answering. People express views. Whether it's right or wrong is something which must be asked of them. No reason to link everything to RSS," he said when asked to comment on Rawat's 'ripped jeans' remark.

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The newly appointed Uttarakhand chief minister recently stirred a row by saying that women wearing ripped jeans send a wrong message to society and children.

Speaking at a workshop organised by the Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Dehradun, Rawat said that he was shocked to meet a woman, who runs an NGO, wearing ripped jeans on a flight with her kids.

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"What kind of message are we giving out to society," he said.

ANI