Owaisi speaks to K'taka girl who was allegedly heckled, lauds her for 'act of fearlessness'

Asaduddin Owaisi. File Pic

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday spoke to the hijab-clad girl student who was allegedly heckled by boys wearing saffron scarves in Karnataka.

Owaisi said that her act of fearlessness has become a source of courage for all."Spoke to Muskan and her family on call. Prayed for her to remain steadfast in her commitment to education while also exercising her freedom of religion and choice. I conveyed that her act of fearlessness has become a source of courage for us all," tweeted the AIMIM leader from Hyderabad.

The AIMIM leader appreciated her parents for her unapologetic upbringing.

He tweeted, "Also appreciated her parents for her unapologetic upbringing.

Coincidentally, I had the honour of meeting her father at a function during my campaign in 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections for JD(S)."Recently, a video went viral allegedly depicting Muskan, the female Muslim student who was heckled on arrival at her college in Karnataka on wearing a hijab by saffron-clad students.

The Hijab protests in the state began in January this year when some students at the Government Girls PU college in Udupi district in Karnataka alleged that they had been barred from attending classes. During the protests, some students claimed they were denied entry into the college for wearing hijab.

Following this incident, students of different colleges arrived at Shanteshwar Education Trust in Vijayapura wearing saffron stoles. The situation was the same in several colleges in the Udipi district.

The pre-University education board had released a circular stating that students can wear only the uniform approved by the school administration and no other religious practices will be allowed in colleges.

Following these protests, a three-day holiday from February 9 has been declared in all the universities under the Department of Higher Education and colleges under the department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE).On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court also appealed to the student community and the public at large to maintain peace and tranquillity while hearing various pleas challenging a ban on hijab in the state.

Karnataka High Court's single bench of Justice Krishna Dixit referred petitions challenging the ban on hijab in colleges to a larger bench on Wednesday.The Court also said that a plea relating to seeking interim relief will also be considered by a larger bench.

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