No one will want to marry a girl who comes to mandap in jeans: Satyapal Singh
Appropriateness of attire is a favourite topic of discussion in India and our politicians barely shy away from making a comment or two on it, from time to time, albeit bizarre. Taking a dig at ‘western attire’, specifically jeans, Satyapal Singh, Minister of State for Human Resource and Development and former police commissioner, said at a function in Gorakhpur on Sunday, that no one will be willing to marry a girl who comes to a ‘shaadi mandap’ in jeans.
The remarks came in the context of the appropriateness of attire in Indian culture. Singh stirred a controversy while addressing a gathering of students at the concluding ceremony of foundation day of Maharana Pratap Siksha Parishad (MPSP), the academic venture of Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur.
“Koi aadmi agar kehne lage ki main jeans pehenke kisi mandir ka mahant ban jaaunga to log pasand karenge kya? Koi pasand nahi karega. Ya koi ladki jeans pehenkar ke shaadi ke bedi pe jaayegi to kitne ladke usse shaadi karna chahenge?” he said.
(No boy will be ready to marry a girl who comes to the mandap (wedding stage) in jeans. Similarly, no saint will be revered if he gives up his traditional attire and wears jeans.
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