Actor Kangana Ranaut on Thursday joined the social media conversation that has followed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat's controversial comment about women wearing ripped jeans. In a tweet, Kangana, unlike other celebrities, has not criticised CM Rawat, instead, she shared photographs of herself wearing ripped jeans on Twitter and offered a fashion tip to youngsters. She said young people should take inspiration from her on how to wear jeans in style.
"If you want to wear ripped jeans make sure coolness quotient is of this magnitude as in these pics, so that it looks like your style, not your state a homeless beggar who hasn't got allowance from parents this month, most young people look like that these days," Kangana tweeted, using the hashtag #RippedJeansTwitter.
The hashtag started trending on Twitter after Chief Minister Rawat commented on women wearing ripped jeans earlier this week.
He spoke about a female co-passenger on board a flight with him once, who was wearing ripped jeans and runs an NGO. Describing her attire, the Chief Minister questioned what kind of "sanskar" (values) the woman is going to give wearing ripped jeans and showing her knees. He said todays’ youngsters are following strange fashion trends due to a lack of values. Rawat said to women wearing such clothes what kind of message they are sending to the outside world.
Many celebrities, like Gul Panag, Jaya Bachchan, common women and opposition leaders like Sanjay Jha, took to social media to condemn Rawat’s statements and told him that it’s not the clothes that dictate someone’s choice.