Zaira Wasim Taught This BJP Minister a Thing or Two About Feminism

BJP Minister Vijay Goel in another episode of ‘Foot in Mouth’.

The social media furore around Dangal star Zaira Wasim’s recent tryst with online trolls hadn’t yet died down, when BJP minister Vijay Goel decided to take both his feet... and jab them right into his mouth. And honestly, it was deeply uncomfortable to watch.

Goel tweeted to Wasim saying:

The picture he tweeted to her implied that women in a burqa were caged, and in Wasim’s journey he found a reflection of women breaking out of the cages of (Islamic) oppression.

Wasim was, however, quick to disassociate herself from Goel’s rhetoric and told him what she thought of his unwarranted paternalism.

@VijayGoelBJP Sir, with all respect to you, I feel I must disagree. I request you not to connect me to such a discourteous depiction. (1/3) https://t.co/BIgWVstqZh

— Zaira Wasim (@zairawasim) January 20, 2017

@VijayGoelBJP Women in hijab are beautiful and free (2/3)

— Zaira Wasim (@zairawasim) January 20, 2017

@VijayGoelBJP Moreover, the story depicted through this painting is not even remotely relevant to mine. (3/3)

— Zaira Wasim (@zairawasim) January 20, 2017

Wasim’s tweets say it all. Goelji, take your feet out of your mouth, and stop patronising women.