Hijab Row in Karnataka: Karnataka college shuts gates on students over hijab, protests spread to more institutions. Kundapur government Pre-university college management announced one day holiday for college. The hijab versus saffron scarf tussle is spreading to more colleges of Karnataka, with one allegedly shutting its gates on students wearing hijabs, and Hindu students in at least two other colleges wearing saffron scarves in protest.
Officials of Kundapur’s Government PU College Thursday allegedly shut the gates on students wearing hijabs even as they pleaded that they be allowed to attend classes. The move came after all government colleges were asked to maintain ‘status quo’ on dress code by the state education department.
“There are just two more months for exams. Why are you destroying our future and lives? There was no such restriction earlier. Why have you changed the rules suddenly?” Muslim students were purportedly seen asking college principal Ramakrishna B.G. as authorities shut the gates on them, in a video that has gone viral on social media.
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Meanwhile, at the Kundapur college, more than 40 Hindu students reportedly wore saffron scarves Wednesday to protest against around 27 Muslim students wearing hijabs. Similar scenes were witnessed at Bhandarkar’s Arts and Science College, a private college in Kundapur, as well as Sir M Vishweshwaraiah Government Arts and Commerce College in Bhadravati of Shivamogga district.
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The protests took place two days after Muslim students of the Government Pre-University (PU) College for girls in Udupi district in two separate petitions before the Karnataka High Court sought interim relief to attend classes wearing hijabs (headscarves), and a declaration that wearing a hijab is a fundamental right under Articles 14 and 25 of the Constitution. The students were allegedly denied entry to their college last month because they were wearing hijabs. Hijab Row in Karnataka
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