Hijab Row: Students asked to remove hijab before entering campus
The hijab row that has been simmering for nearly a month in a pre-university college for girls in Karnataka’s Udupi has now extended its wings to other colleges in the state.
Hijab Row: Students asked to enter campus without wearing hijab
A few days after several students protested demanding to ensure uniform norms, girl students in Government Degree College in Karnataka were asked to attend classes without wearing the hijab. The hijab row has been simmering for nearly a month in a pre-university college for girls in Karnataka’s Udupi has now extended its wings to other colleges in the state.
The principal of the Government Degree College in Bhadravathi town of Shivamogga district, MG Umashankar said he had discussed the issue with the students and their parents after they were stopped entering the campus wearing hijab.
"The issue has been solved now. They will not wear the Hijab in class," he stated.
On Wednesday, in Kundapur, also in Udupi district, a few boys studying at a government pre-university college, entered the campus wearing saffron shawls and asked Muslim students to remove their hijab. According to sources, 27 Muslim girls who study in the institute had been coming to the campus wearing hijab.
On Tuesday, many students also staged a dharna over the same. The cops then entered the college premises and brought the situation under control. Amid the protest, the principal of the college MG Umashankar convinced the students to withdraw the agitation.
Meanwhile, in Bhadravathi of Shivamogga district, Sir MV Arts and Commerce College students came to college wearing Saffron towels and demanded that the college administrations should ban hijab. Earlier, a government college in Udupi had banned students from wearing hijab inside the classroom and seven Muslim girls were denied entry.
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