Hijab-wearing students denied admission to government PU college in Karnataka’s Kundapur
New Delhi:
Protests by students in Karnataka over their right to wear hijab in class are spreading to more colleges.
This morning, around 40 hijab-clad students stood at the gate of Bhandarkar Arts and Science Degree College in Kundapur, a coastal town in Karnataka’s Udupi district, as staff refused to let them in until they shaved their heads. Take it off
All the students in the age group of 18 to 20 years protested outside the gate of the college and demanded to know why the administration banned the hijab when the rules allow it.
#Watch , Hijab-clad students denied admission to Government PU College in Kundapur area of Udupi, Karnataka amid controversy over wearing headscarves in classes
State Education Minister BC Nagesh said, “He was not wearing a hijab earlier and the problem started 20 days back.” pic.twitter.com/3pT418r0y
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The college has an instruction manual that says: “Students are allowed to wear scarves inside the campus, however the color of the scarf must match the dupatta, and no student is allowed to wear any other clothing inside the campus including the college.” Canteen”.
Around 40 Muslim boys also sat outside the college and protested in solidarity with the girls.
yesterday, A similar view was seen in another college in Kundapurwhen a group of hijab-wearing girls were stopped by the principal and stood outside for six hours, pleading for permission to attend classes.
Junior PU Government College had also allowed hijab in class till two days ago, the girls complained.
Trouble began when a large group of boys wearing saffron shawls showed up at the college on Wednesday to compete with girls in hijab. To avoid communal tension, the college administration decided to ask the girl students to attend classes without hijab.
The hijab protest began weeks ago at the Government Girls PU College in Udupi district, after six students alleged that they were barred from classes for insisting on wearing the hijab.
A leader of the state’s ruling BJP, Yashpal Suvarna, who is the vice-chairman of the Udupi College Administrative Committee, controversially said that he would “take five minutes to stop the resistance with the help of Hindu organisations”.
“Through Hindu organisations, we can stop it within five minutes. There are around 900 students in the college. These six students are creating chaos with the support of PFI and CFI (Campus Front of India) organisations. We will fight this resistance. Will definitely stop it, and we will take a decision about stopping it through Hindu organizations,” warned Mr. Suvarna.
Karnataka Home Minister taking a more cautious approach Araga Gyanendra said that children should “neither wear hijab nor saffron shawl” in school,
“School is the place where children of all religions should learn together and imbibe the spirit that we are not separate and all are children of Mother India,” Gyanendra told reporters yesterday.
He said, “There are religious organizations which think otherwise, I have asked the police to keep a watch on them. Those who hinder or weaken the unity of this country should be dealt with.”
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