06-18-2007, 05:18 PM
http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/18/stories/...770100.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> End the veil system: Pratibha
Special Correspondent
JAIPUR:
Rajasthan Governor and UPA Presidential candidate Pratibha Patil on Sunday left historians and Muslim social activists astounded by her remarks that the purdah (veil) system was introduced in India to protect women from Mughal aggressors.
Addressing a function marking the 467th birth anniversary of Maharana Pratap at the Nagar Parishad Auditorium in Udaipur, Ms. Patil said though Indian culture always respected women, the veil system began during the Mughal rule to "save women from Mughal invaders."
Ms. Patil said: "Today we are citizens of free India. There is need to put a stop to such practices. That alone will ensure real respect for women. When women are progressing in every field, it is our duty to discontinue such practices."
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State president of Jamat-e-Islami Hind Mohammed Salim said the opinion that women adopted the veil because of the fear of Mughal rulers reflected the distorted view of history taken by the Sangh Parivar. "It is unfortunate that Ms. Patil found the communal forces' views convincing enough to incorporate them in her address."
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However, Congress spokesperson Param Navdeep, contacted by The Hindu, defended Ms. Patil's remarks, saying they should be seen in the light of the life and times of the erstwhile Mewar ruler. "There should be no controversy about it. It is an established fact that women were the target of aggression during the Mughal rule," she said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Just the other day, the left justified its not backing the male Patil, beacuse of his being soft on hindutva. Similar reasons were given for Karan Singh.
What are they going to do now? Even the female Patil seems to be soft on hindutva from their standards. <!--emo&
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Shekhawat or Kalam surely got a little boost by this plainspeaking by Pratibha Patil. It only speaks volumes about the contortions Congress and left have to undergo to keep justifying a twisted vision.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> End the veil system: Pratibha
Special Correspondent
JAIPUR:
Rajasthan Governor and UPA Presidential candidate Pratibha Patil on Sunday left historians and Muslim social activists astounded by her remarks that the purdah (veil) system was introduced in India to protect women from Mughal aggressors.
Addressing a function marking the 467th birth anniversary of Maharana Pratap at the Nagar Parishad Auditorium in Udaipur, Ms. Patil said though Indian culture always respected women, the veil system began during the Mughal rule to "save women from Mughal invaders."
Ms. Patil said: "Today we are citizens of free India. There is need to put a stop to such practices. That alone will ensure real respect for women. When women are progressing in every field, it is our duty to discontinue such practices."
...
State president of Jamat-e-Islami Hind Mohammed Salim said the opinion that women adopted the veil because of the fear of Mughal rulers reflected the distorted view of history taken by the Sangh Parivar. "It is unfortunate that Ms. Patil found the communal forces' views convincing enough to incorporate them in her address."
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However, Congress spokesperson Param Navdeep, contacted by The Hindu, defended Ms. Patil's remarks, saying they should be seen in the light of the life and times of the erstwhile Mewar ruler. "There should be no controversy about it. It is an established fact that women were the target of aggression during the Mughal rule," she said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> Just the other day, the left justified its not backing the male Patil, beacuse of his being soft on hindutva. Similar reasons were given for Karan Singh.
What are they going to do now? Even the female Patil seems to be soft on hindutva from their standards. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->Shekhawat or Kalam surely got a little boost by this plainspeaking by Pratibha Patil. It only speaks volumes about the contortions Congress and left have to undergo to keep justifying a twisted vision.