Not Just Nusrat Jahan, These Women Politicians Too Have Been Shamed Over Their Attire

Nusrat, a Muslim was allegedly criticised for sporting a sindoor & wearing a saree.

By: TK Sreeraj |
July 4, 2019 4:16 pm

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan is getting slammed just because she donned the attire of her choice. Nusrat, a Muslim was allegedly criticised by some male Muslim clerics for sporting a sindhoor & wearing a saree during the oath-taking ceremony in Lok Sabha. Nusrat later had to give back to her detractors with a powerful tweet on ‘inclusive India’. But the incident puts a spotlight on the times when women politicians in India where trolled for their choice of clothing.

Here’s a list of such incidents

1. TMC MPs Nusrat Jahan & Mimi Chakraborty were trolled recently for wearing ‘western clothes’ in Parliament

2. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was criticised by UP BJP leader Harish Dwivedi for wearing jeans in Delhi & saree in rural areas’ during the Lok Sabha 2019 campaigning.

3. Student leader and activist Shehla Rashid became a target of online hate for covering her head at a public event in Srinagar.

4. Ex foreign minister Sushma Swaraj was slammed for being draped head to toe during her meeting with Iranian president

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