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Zaira Waseem takes Indian Minister to task for anti-Hijab tweets  

The Dangal actress Zaira Waseem took Indian Union minister for Sports Vijay Goel to task for criticizing Hijab.

The two exchanged edgy tweets regarding hijab on social media site Twitter.

The minister posted a picture from an art exhibition. It showed a painting of two women; one with a partially veiled face, another trapped in a cage.

“This painting tells a story similar to @zairawasim, pinjra tod kar humari betiyan badhne lagi hain aage (Our daughters are breaking out of cages to forge ahead). More power to our daughters!”

After Goel’s  tweet, Wasim responded saying: “Sir, with all respect to you, I feel I must disagree. I request you not to connect me to such a discourteous depiction.”

Goel replied, “You have interpreted wrong. I appreciated your work and stated that evil and patriarchal notions must be discouraged.” Over two tweets, Wasim wrote back: “Women in hijab are beautiful and free. Moreover, the story depicted through this painting is not even remotely relevant to mine.”