Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat with Usha Negi, chairperson of child rights body at a workshop on substance abuse on Tuesday
DEHRADUN: Ripped jeans paves the way for societal breakdown and is a result of the “bad example” parents set for children, which also leads to substance abuse, chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat said at a workshop on substance abuse on Tuesday.
“Kyanchi se sanskaar (culture by scissors) showing bare knees, wearing ripped denim and looking like rich kids these are the values being given now. Where is this coming from, if not at home? What is the fault of teachers or schools? Where am I taking my son, showing his knees and in tattered jeans? Girls are no less, showing their knees. Is this good? All of this, in a mad race of westernisation. While the western world follows us, doing yoga … covering their body properly. And we run towards nudity,” the newly-appointed chief minister said at the inaugural session of the two-day workshop organised by