Girl students wearing hijab stopped at entrance of one more college in Karnataka

Showing no signs of abating hijab row in Karnataka has spread to more colleges as girl students wearing hijab or burqa were stopped at the entrance of the Bhandarkars College of Kundapur in Udupi district of the state on Thursday morningThe girl students who came to the college wearing burqa or hijab were stopped at the entrance by the Principal of Bhandrakars College The Principal told students that as per the government order and college guidelines they will have to come in uniform to the classes The girl students argued that they have been coming to the college in hijab for a long time and they must be permitted But the entry was deniedWATCH Udupi Hijab row Karnataka Students wearing hijab being denied entry at Bhandarkars College Kundapura pictwittercomJNOqk3LeIxmdash ANI ANI February 3 2022The administration of Bhandrakars College on Wednesday had also denied permission to students who came to classes in saffron shawls These groups of students were also stopped at the entrance The students raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram after which a tense situation prevailed in the campusIf a Hindu student has tilak on a forehead or a Sikh student wears a turban or a Christian student wears a cross will education be denied to them Stop this othering of Muslims Dont you dare stop Indian girls from getting an education you morons You are destroying India httpstcoYie09UuDoJmdash Salman Anees Soz SalmanSoz February 3 2022Meanwhile Araga Jnanendra Karnataka Home Minister stated that the directions have already been given to the police department to take up the investigation on communal forces behind the hijab row in the state The investigation is underway We will not spare the elements which come in the way of unity of this country he statedNaqab burqa hijab saffron or green shawls are not allowed in the classrooms The minister for Education has already stated that uniforms are compulsory There should not be any divisive factors in the academic environment There are mosques churches and temples for religious practices the Home Minister explained With these developments the etiquette of integrity is being challenged he saidS Angara the District InCharge Minister of Udupi reacting to Bhandarkar college incident said that he has just taken charge of the district There will be one rule for all schools and colleges I will discuss the matter with the District Commissioner The matter will also be discussed with the Education Minister and the Chief Minister Once I get the details I will take action he statedHijab row which has been confined to one college in Udupi has now spread to more colleges in Karnataka causing concern in the department of Education as well as parents and student community The development is also taking a communal turn threatening the academic atmosphere of the stateThe state government has set up a high level committee to decide whether to allow hijab wearing students in classrooms Until the report is submitted the government has asked students to attend classes in uniform without wearing hijab However Muslim students defying the order tried to attend classes wearing hijab in the Government Girls PreUniversity College of Udupi They were sent backMeanwhile Hindu organisations have said that if Muslim students come in hijab Hindu students will flaunt saffron shawls Campus Front of India CFI the student wing of Social Democratic Party of India SDPI is holding seminars on how the ruling BJP is bulldozing constitutional rights of Muslim women by not allowing them to wear hijabThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever