Karnataka Election Result 2023: BJP MLA who banned Hijab lost to Congress

K Sadakshari won the Tiptur constituency defeating the BJP candidate by a margin of 17,652 votes. Tiptur constituency comes under Tumkur district.

In 2018, this seat was won by the BJP. the winning candidates were BC Nagesh, Sadakshari of the Congress candidate came on the second number.

Congress’s K.K. Shadakshari had won. BJP candidate BC Nagesh Came in second place.

Nagesh has been inducted as a minister in 2021 after Basavaraj Bommai takes over as chief minister.

Notably, Education Minister BC Nagesh termed wearing the hijab as an “act of indiscipline”. In his view students could not practice their “religion” in public educational institutions.

Nagesh was reacting to an incident that took place in early January 2022, in which a controversy over the wearing of the hijab was reported at a government-run pre-university college. girls in udupi It did not allow the wearing of the hijab as a violation of its uniform policy.

Arguing this, six Muslim girl students insisted on wearing hijabs to classes over their college uniforms. Hijab It was part of their faith, and it was their constitutional right. The college allowed her to wear the hijab on campus, but did not allow her to attend class.

To recap, in February last year, Government of Karnataka Issued an order saying that it is mandatory to wear uniform by the state government, school management or college development committees. According to the order, students following religious principles adversely affect “equality and unity” in the colleges.

The order was passed by BC Nagesh declaring, “Those who want to violate the government’s school uniform rules cannot enter their schools and attend classes”.

Protests against the hijab ban had spread across the country, with Muslim girls and women seeking permission from the Supreme Court to wear their headscarves in classrooms. The state government’s strict enforcement of uniforms has led to several protests.

On February 3, 28 girl students wearing hijab were stopped from entering the Government PU College campus in Kundapura. Hindu students had apparently come in saffron scarves the previous day, and minister BC Nagesh informed the college that students could only come to classes in uniform and that neither hijabs nor saffron scarves would be allowed.

A study published by human rights body People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) pointed out that the move to ban the hijab has widened social divisions and increased fear among Muslims in Karnataka.