Responding to the announcement about lifting the ban on the hijab, Muskan, a student from the Mandya district in Karnataka who raised the slogan of “Allah hu Akbar” against a group that chanted “Jai Shri Ram”, stated that, “Hijab is our right and let us live like brothers and sisters henceforth.”

Speaking to the media on Saturday, Muskan said, “Hijab is our culture. It is our right. I believe that we will get the right. There should be no politics in education… I thank CM Siddaramaiah, Minister Zameer Ahmad Khan, Speaker UT Khader and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. I thank them for giving back our rights. They have supported our culture. We used to study at the college like brothers and sisters. It should always be like that,” she stated.