Thiruvananthapuram: Music legend KJ Yesudas has controversially said that women should not wear jeans, as it goes against Indian culture.
"Women shouldn't wear jeans and display themselves before people. What is meant to be covered should be covered. Wearing jeans and roaming around attracts unnecessary attention. We must respect religious doctrines. Women's beauty is in their soberness, they should not become like men," the National Award-winning singer said at a function on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
The 74-year-old singer also said that jeans went against Indian culture which valued simplicity as the greatest quality in women.
Within minutes of the singer making the controversial remarks, activists from the Kerala unit of the Congress' women's wing staged a protest march outside the state secretariat in the city.
"He does not have a daughter, otherwise she would have been wearing jeans in today's times. Women should have the freedom to wear what they want to. He has to take back his words." said Mahila Congress chief Bindu Krishna.
"Women shouldn't wear jeans and display themselves before people. What is meant to be covered should be covered. Wearing jeans and roaming around attracts unnecessary attention. We must respect religious doctrines. Women's beauty is in their soberness, they should not become like men," the National Award-winning singer said at a function on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
The 74-year-old singer also said that jeans went against Indian culture which valued simplicity as the greatest quality in women.
"He does not have a daughter, otherwise she would have been wearing jeans in today's times. Women should have the freedom to wear what they want to. He has to take back his words." said Mahila Congress chief Bindu Krishna.
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