Karnataka schools and College holiday extension will decide evening: CM Bommai

Hijab Row schools and College holiday: The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday constituted a full bench comprising himself, Justice Krishna S Dixit, and Justice J M Khazi which will look into the Hijab issue on today February. Karnataka schools and College holiday extension will decide today evening said CM Bommai.

The hijab-row triggered protests in Karnataka spread across the state on Tuesday, with campuses witnessing ‘conflict-like’ situations marked by stone-pelting incidents, use of force by police and the Muslim girls standing their ground for wearing the headscarves, prompting calls for peace and calm both by the government and the High Court, which is now looking into the students’ plea for their right to their hijab.

As the issue snowballed into a major controversy, the government declared three days holidays on Tuesday for educational institutions across the state, even as voices across the country came in for and against the hijab issue. Karnataka Government announced 3 days holiday for 8 to degree classes on Tuesday.

Protests erupted at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi Karnataka after a large group of students wearing saffron stoles and headgears raised slogans in the college campus as hijab clad Muslim girls were staging a protest demanding justice. In Mandya, visuals of a group of boys heckling a hijab-clad girl went viral, even as support came pouring in for her on social media.

Tension prevailed at some Karnataka educational institutions in Udupi, Shivamogga and Bagalkote, forcing the police and authorities to intervene. Stone petting incident was reported near a college in Bagalkote’s Rabkavi Banhatti and a few students even tried to barge into the campus, whom police dispersed using a mild force. Couple of students and a teacher are said to be injured in the incident.

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Similar incidents of stone pelting and injuries had also been reported from Shivamogga district, and police had to intervene to bring the tense situation under control and they have detained some people including students. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC has been clamped in Shivamogga city for two days on Tuesday.

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Some students even tried to hoist the saffron flag at the college premises in Shivamogga. Similar protests have been reported at educational institions in Mandya, Vijayapura, Gadag, Dakshina Kannada, Davangere and Chitradurga, among other districts.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh said that out of about 5,000 plus Pre-University colleges that function, in about 10-12 institutions, conflict-like situations have been created, along with some degree colleges, due to hijab and saffron shawl controversy.